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Future tech China's next space station Low-Earth construction will hopefully begin in 2020, where the outpost will accomodate up to three astronauts

Nemesis: the Sun's evil twin? Since the 1980s astronomers
have explored the possibility that our star was not born alone

In the shops Our pick of the best books, apps, software and accessories for astronomy and space fans

Black hole power
Interstellar flight will need a tremendous amount of energy, but we may be able to store it in a miniature black hole.

Impossible stellar giant
165,000 light years from Earth, the heaviest star in the known universe lies at the heart of a brilliant star cluster..

Satellite repair droids
What do you do when a satellite breaks down? Send in the robots.

Earth’s super telescopes
The world’s greatest instruments, bringing the universe closer than ever before..

Relativity drive
Could the engine of our science-fiction dreams be on the horizon?

Hubble sees wildweather raging on a distant hot Jupiter.

A huge ring in the sky
A ring 1.3 billion light years in size could turn a long-established principle on its head.

A DARPA Moon study selects 14 companies to develop a lunar economy.

Betelgeuse
The mysteries of this red supergiant star have baffled astronomers for centuries, but have we moved a step closer to solving them?

Space Force plans a global radar to ‘identify emerging threats’ in distant Earth orbit..

Manned mission to Venus
Once believed to be off limits for human exploration, NASA is considering how Venus might be better to visit than Mars.

Hidden universe
Much of the cosmos goes undetected by our eyes. Peer beyond visible light to reveal the explosive and catastrophic behaviour of the universe..

The home of the world’s most powerful telescopes joins the fight against light pollution.

Geoff Notkin
The world expert on meteorites and presenter of award-winning adventure TV series Meteorite Men talks of his ongoing search for space rocks.

Your guide to the perfect telescope
You’ve decided to buy a new instrument, but which one should you get?

Everything you need to know about Euclid
This space telescope will shed light on the dark universe.

Hypothetical ‘dark photons’ could shine a light on dark matter.

Ocean worlds
Pack your swimming costume – the Solar System is much wetter than you think..

Impossible cosmic phenomena
We know a lot about space, but there’s more we can’t explain…

100-year ‘megastorms’ on Saturn shower the planet in ammonia rain.

Unravelling the mystery of life
Scientists have begun taking a new approach to discovering the origin of life..

A ‘meteorite’ that struck a French woman was just a regular Earth rock.

The James Webb Space Telescope spies water near the centre of a planet-forming disc.

Time appeared to move five times slower in the first billion years after the Big Bang.

Climate change in the Solar System
Alongside Earth, our planetary neighbourhood is changing. But not for the better…

Six of the best space pranks
It turns out that the sky isn’t the limit when it comes to a good old-fashioned practical joke..

Manned mission to an asteroid
NASA plans to send manned expeditions to near-Earth asteroids.

The forgotten force
A seemingly weak magnetic entity could have made all the difference in our universe’s evolution.

A black hole shot out a bright X-ray jet 60,000 times hotter than the Sun.

James Webb Space Telescope breakthroughs
New discoveries about planets, galaxies and other cosmic objects..

Pluto orbiter and lander
A US consultancy and NASA are working on an engine that could open up the Solar System.

Mysterious space shapes
Humans keep finding patterns among the stars, helping us shed new light on astronomical wonders.

Heroes of space
Six men and women who made groundbreaking contributions to our understanding of the universe..

Space farming
Future astronauts will need to grow plants in artificial environments if they are to survive missions far from Earth.

Rolls-Royce on the Moon
With the British car manufacturer shooting for the lunar surface, humankind could be ready to return by the 2030s.

Summer stargazing
The warmer months have many a space spectacle to offer..

Moon telescope
The LuSEE-Night pathfinder is scheduled to launch a few years from now.

33 years of Hubble
The Hubble Space Telescope has astounded for decades, returning breathtaking images and groundbreaking science from its position high above Earth.

Dwarf planet ring
The feature is so far from the world’s surface that its material should have coalesced into a moon… but somehow, it didn’t.

Inflatable Moon habitat
Humanity is going back to the Moon to stay, and we might have a way to live there long term..

Deep-orbit observatory
We can use the Sun as a giant lens, but we’d need to send a telescope far into the Solar System.

NASA’s asteroid-hunting telescope
The infrared space telescope will search for potentially threatening near-Earth objects..

Shapeshifting spacecraft
Futuristic robotic explorers could seamlessly switch between swimming and spelunking.

Ten amazing space station experiments
The ISS is more than just an outpost in space – it’s a huge orbiting research laboratory.

Asteroid nets
A space fishing trip could capture an asteroid and bring it closer to Earth to study. 

NASA’s Perseverance rover opens a window to Mars’ watery past
Perseverance is approaching its one-year anniversary since landing on 18 February 2021.

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...

Microbot explorers
This new generation of allaccess planetary probes will delve further than ever before.

Ten incredible rockets
Take a look at the biggest, best and most prolific launch vehicles to have reached space.

Ultra-hard diamonds in the sky
Scientists probing a set of space rocks have found lonsdaleite, helping solve how these rare diamonds are formed..

Walt Cunningham
Astronaut Walt Cunningham tells us about the dangers they faced when making their way to the Moon in the 1960s.

How many water worlds are out there?
Exoplanets that are half rock and half water are orbiting the universe’s most common stars.

Hypergiant stars
They’re the biggest stars in the universe, so how do supergiant and hypergiant stars push the limits of astrophysics?

New Mars map reveals history of the Red Planet
Mars used to be much wetter than scientists thought.

15 tips you need to be a better astronomer
From planning ahead to improving your observing skills, here’s how to make your time outside with the night sky more efficient and enjoyable..

Simon Morden
Planetary scientist Dr Simon Morden talks about his obsession with Mars and his latest sciencefact book on the Red Planet.

Space volcanoes
From Venus to Mars and the moons around far-flung planets, volcanoes have helped shape the bodies of our Solar System.

Supernova wreckage blasts out cosmic rays
Astronomers tracked cosmic rays to objects that launch particles with energy ten times greater than the Large Hadron Collider..

Robert Woodrow Wilson
We talk to the Nobel prize winner about his discovery of Big Bang radiation.

The search for wormholes
Unscrambling the fact from the fiction, with the help of the scientists who know them best.

Backyard astronomy on a budget
All the fun of astronomy without breaking the bank..

Mars rover picks its own rock samples
Perseverance is analysing each sample’s elemental composition in the ongoing search for ancient life.

Wobbly space jets may affect alien life
Binary star planets could form differently due to infalling material..

Water on Mars
China’s rover suggests the liquid may have been on Mars more recently than thought.

Star that survived a violent explosion spotted
Hubble has spotted a star that survived the violent death of its companion.

André Kuipers
The only Dutch astronaut to fly into space twice, Kuipers also berthed a private spacecraft with the ISS for the first time.

Asteroid impact unlikely until 2880
Earthlings can breathe a little easier for the next 800 years..

Solar flapper
To explore another planet faster than a rover and in more detail than a satellite, we need to fly.

Milky Way filaments
Mysterious magnetic filaments have been found at the heart of the Milky Way, but astronomers are still trying to discover their origin.

Fedor Šimkovic
Šimkovic, an ESET Science Award laureate, reveals what studying neutrinos can reveal about the cosmos.

Killer universe
Relatively safe in our protective bubble, some forces could end life on Earth forever. Is the universe out to get us?

Giant atomic cloud called ‘Maggie’ lives in the Milky Way.

Stellar disruption
Astronomers are a step closer to understanding how our Solar System formed, all thanks to a chance encounter.

Back to the Moon
Later this year, NASA will take the first step in returning astronauts to the lunar surface.

The planet that shouldn’t exist
This two-star system emits extreme radiation, yet somehow a planet has still managed to form..

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All About Space UK Magazine - Issue 94

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