WELCOME
Issue 165
“This isn’t the end for all stars. Some have enough mass to initiate further nuclear fusion”
Will the Sun explode?
PAGE 26
The image above is an assembly of photographs taken by the Hubble Space Telescope in different wavelengths of light, after it snapped the same tiny patch of sky measuring a fraction of the angular diameter of the full Moon. It’s called the eXtreme Deep Field, and in sky we can see hundreds of galaxies that formed 600 million years after the Big Bang, now billions of light years from Earth. Thanks to Star Trek, space is often referred to as the ‘final frontier’, but it’s really the first: however many new places and mysteries we’ve still to explore on Earth, there are many times that in the vastness of the universe. But we’ve solved some of those mysteries – read more on page 26. Enjoy!