THIS MONTH'S PLANETS

Look out for a bright ‘Christmas star’ gracing the evening sky this holiday season

“WE CAN BE AMAZING IF WE WANT TO BE”

Turner takes us behind the scenes of his docuseries Among the Stars, available now on Disney+

NASA's Perseverance Rover Takes Its Own Wheel For Mars Drives

Auto-navigation on the Red Planet: “It’s a rover driver’s paradise”

Water Vapour Detected On Huge Jupiter Moon Ganymede For The First Time

This could be a trend for icy bodies throughout the Solar System and beyond

New Search For Alien Life

Astronomers have long asked whether or not we are alone, and now we’ve entered an exciting new era

Could We Hunt For Gravitational Waves From The Moon?

Such an observatory could unlock the cosmos’ secrets

“IT IS STARTLINGLY CLEAR THAT THERE IS NO PLANET B”

The ESA’s first British astronaut reveals how space travel will develop, what life is like on board the ISS and why we need to protect our planet

WHAT LIT UP THE SKY IN 1054?

The Crab Nebula was formed by a supernova, and astronomers now think they know which type caused it

Star Profile Polaris

The more we find out about our guiding star, the more it fascinates us

NASA Wants To Change The Way It Protects Astronauts From Radiation

With long-term missions in the pipeline, safety is paramount

NEWLY FOUND MEGA COMET MAY BE THE LARGEST SEEN IN RECORDED HISTORY

The comet is truly a behemoth, beating other known comets thousandfold

Bigger and Bigger

The scale of the universe is so vast that it can be hard to grasp. One of the best ways to comprehend it is by starting on a relatively small scale with our home planet, Earth, and working outwards

Planet Profile Jupiter

The largest planet has a lot to tell us

STEVEN FREELAND: “WE ARE AT A CROSSROADS WHEN IT COMES TO SPACE”

Steven Freeland speaks to All About Space about the importance of space law, the future of space travel and who is liable when something goes wrong

OTHER-WORLD GREENHOUSES

To settle on another planet we will need to grow plants there, but how?

This month's planets

Track down the ringed giant in the evening sky throughout the warmer months – you’ll be glad that you did

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Have Scientists Discovered A Fifth Force Of Nature?

Revolutionary experiments may point to a new force, or an undiscovered subatomic particle

In the shops

The latest books, apps, software, tech and accessories for space and astronomy fans alike

Félicette: THE INSIDE STORY OF A SPACE CAT

What happened when a feline was blasted off into space?

JUPITER'S OCEAN MOON EUROPA MAY HAVE DEEP-SEA VOLCANOES

Jupiter moon may be an even more promising abode for life than scientists thought

WEIRD NEARBY GAMMA-RAY BURST DEFIES EXPECTATIONS

This isn’t how they’re supposed to behave

Deep sky challenge: Stars, clusters and nebulae of summer

Glittering stellar groupings, a star’s corpse and a beautiful double star can be seen through any size of telescope

MORE ACCURATE CLOCKS MAY ADD MORE DISORDER TO THE UNIVERSE

All clocks create entropy, but accuracy might come at a higher cost

ORBITAL SERVICE STATION

If rockets could be refuelled in space, it could open up interplanetary travel

DR MEREDITH RAWLS: SATELLITES VS ASTRONOMY

Rawls speaks to All About Space about the impact of low-Earth orbit satellites on ground-based astronomy and how our experience of the night sky is going to change

Could Life Exist Around Black Holes?

They warp time and space, but could they also nurture life?

How Do Astronauts Clean A Space Station?

Astronauts have to keep the space station clean to keep microbes under control

SAMPLE RETURN FROM TITAN

A new NASA Institute of Advanced Concepts study is looking at the surprising advantages of a mission to Saturn’s moon

“IT'S THE BIGGEST PROBLEM THAT WE'RE NOT WRITING ABOUT”

All About Space speaks with the former NASA astronaut about his time in space and his newfound ‘cosmic perspective’