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All About Space
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WELCOME
WELCOME
ISSUE 138
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FOUR DIGITAL EDITIONS OF HISTORY OF WAR
LAUNCHPAD
Early days of star formation
© NASA The newest space telescope on the
New view of the Cone Nebula
© ESO A dramatic new image of the
Turbulent times in a stellar nursery
Two puffs of star-making material exude mystical glows
Cosmic leftovers reveal that galactic cannibal Andromeda feasts on smaller galaxies
The Andromeda Galaxy has likely been growing by
NASA awards Texas company $57 million for a lunar construction system
A nascent off-Earth construction system just got a
A lab -grown black hole may prove Stephen Hawking’s most challenging theory right
An illustration of a black hole Scientists have
China completes the world’s largest solar telescope array, with a whopping 313 dishes
China has completed construction of what is now
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UNMISSABLE SPACE EVENTS 2023
There are many astronomy events and space missions to look forward to over the next 12 months
FUTURE TECH
ASTEROID NETS
A space fishing trip could capture an asteroid and bring it closer to Earth to study
INTERVIEW
“All missions are unique and interesting”
The European Space Agency (ESA) is preparing for its first-ever mission to Jupiter’s moons. All About Space speaks to the mission’s project scientist, Olivier Witasse, to find out why the Galilean satellites are so appealing
FOCUS ON
NASA’S PERSEVERANCE ROVER OPENS A WINDOW TO MARS’ WATERY PAST
The Perseverance rover is approaching its one-year anniversary since landing on 18 February 2021
DARK ENERGY?
The universe’s expansion is accelerating under the influence of a mysterious force, but could this emerge from multiple sources?
LIVES OF THE ANIMAL ASTRONAUTS
These creatures boldly went where few humans had gone before
X-RAY VIEW SHOWS HOW SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLES SPEED UP PARTICLES IN JETS
Blazars are powered by immensely active galatic centres that fire beams of particles into space
UNRAVELLING ANCIENT SOL AR SYSTEMS
The discovery of a white dwarf with high levels of lithium and potassium has provided fresh insights into early planet formation
Do smaller stars generally host smaller planets?
Planets form from the constant accumulation of material
What Earth-like features does Titan have?
The Huygens lander reached Titan’s surface in 2005
How do we know the universe’s age?
The expansion of the universe reveals its
How close would a supernova have to be to destroy life?
If a supernova were to go off within
Why are there no gas moons?
Of all the moons in our Solar System,
What exists outside our observable cosmos?
There are some questions that science just can’t
What do radio observations reveal about the centre of the Milky Way?
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ASTROPHOT FOR BEGINNERS TOGRAPHY
Learn the art of photographing the night sky with All About Space
KNOW YOUR EQUIPMENT
Here’s a guide to the kit you’ll need for your astrophotography adventures
PLAN YOUR SHOOT
Check the weather Keep a close eye on
GET A STAR-PACKED IMAGE
Easy steps for great results
CAPTURE STUNNING NIGHTSCAPES
Shoot incredible night-sky shots with minimal equipment
How you can image the majesty of the Milky Way
Without question, the Milky Way is one of
CREATE A STAR TRAIL
Capture the world in motion with these easy steps
PICK THE BEST SPOT
You might already have a location in mind
NIGHTSCAPES AT A GLANCE
Constellations Exposure: 15 to 40 seconds Aperture: f/2
THE BASICS OF NIGHT-SKY SHOOTS
If you don’t have a DSLR camera, don’t
BRING THE DEEP SKY TO YOU
Further afield there are galaxies and nebulae galore
INSTANT EXPERT
DOES THE SUN STAY STILL IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM?
We tend to think of our star as the stationary centre of our system, but the planets do make it wobble
USER MANUAL
GAIA
For nine years, this Milky Way mapper has pinpointed over a billion stars to create an expansive dataset
A LOPSIDED STAR CLUSTER MAY DISPROVE NEWTON AND EINSTEIN’S THEORIES
An uneven distribution of stars in several nearby clusters may offer evidence of MOND – acontroversial theory of gravity that rejects the existence of dark matter
STARGAZER
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WHAT’S IN THE SKY?
What to look out for during this observing period
Jargon buster
Conjunction An alignment of objects at the same
PLANETARIUM
MOON CALENDAR The Moon does not pass the
THIS MONTH’S PLANETS
Venus takes pride of place in the evening sky as we head into the New Year
WOLF
Finding this lunar crater won’t leave you howling with frustration on cold January nights
NAKED EYE AND BINOCULAR TARGETS
How to see sparkling stars and distant misty galaxies this month
OBSERVE THE UNICORN’S SPARKLING TREASURES
Winter skies are rich in deep-sky objects for your telescope to hunt down and enjoy. Here are just a select few
THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE
The New Year has arrived, with some of the very best night-sky targets
ASTROSHOTS OF THE MONTH
BASUDEB CHAKRABARTI Location: Yousmarg, Kashmir “Deep-scape images line
SKY-WATCHER EXPLORER 130
A Newtonian reflector that’s versatile, affordable and optically impressive with an equatorial mount to view Solar System objects, double stars and deep-sky targets
IN THE SHOPS: DEEP-SPACE TELESCOPES
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WERNHER VON BRAUN
The father of rocket science went from working for the Nazis to becoming an American space hero
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