Mankind has gone to great lengths to explore space. It is a natural curiosity that has led us to build incredible machines and push the boundaries of what we thought was possible. In the All About Space Annual Volume 4, you'll find a collection of the best articles from the last year of All About Space magazine. From the incredible space experiments and record-breaking astronauts to multiverse theories and the hunt for wormholes, this is the perfect book for any space fan. Featuring: 50 greatest discoveries of all time - The most astonishing advances is space science as chosen by readers. Are we alone in the Solar System? - Can our neighbourhood provide the answer to the quest for alien life? Think you know our Sun? - We’re still in the dark when it comes to knowing everything about our star. What happened before the Big Bang? - Was there a time before the birth of the universe?
ALL ABOUT SPACE Annual
All About Space Annual
SOLAR SYSTEM • Discover the secrets of our fascinating planetary system
MYSTERIES OF THE UNIVERSE SOLVING THE SUN’S BURNING MYSTERY • Scientists have spent decades trying to figure out why the Sun’s atmosphere heats to extreme temperatures
THE SUN’S CORONA BY NUMBERS
STUDYING THE SUN • NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has flown through the corona – the first spacecraft to get so close
SLICING UP OUR STAR
SOME HOT TAKES • Scientists have come up with a host of hypotheses
22 THINGS YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT VENUS • Earth’s sister planet is an intriguing and mysterious world, with much more to it than meets the eye
COMPLETE GUIDE TO THE MOON • Even though we know more about our natural satellite than any other celestial body – and have even visited it – the Moon continues to fascinate us
INSIDE AND OUT • Earth’s natural satellite shares some remarkable similarities with our home planet
THE MAGNETIC FIELD MYSTERY
THE MOON BY NUMBERS
ON THE SURFACE • The surface of the Moon is about contrasts: light and dark, hot and cold
A LUNAR WORLD TOUR
EXPLORING THE MOON: THE PAST
EXPLORING THE MOON: PRESENT AND FUTURE • We’ve been studying the Moon for over 50 years, and thanks to a host of pioneering missions we now know more about our satellite than ever before
EARTH TO THE MOON • Jump on board the Orion as we follow the route planned for the Artemis astronauts
MAIN MISSION OBJECTIVES
FOCUS ON WATER ON MARS • China’s rover suggests the liquid may have been on Mars much more recently than scientists thought
IS JUPITER IS PROTECTING US? • Earth has good reason to be grateful to the king of the Solar System, though its influence isn’t always benign
JUPITER AND THE ASTEROID BELT • If the Solar System had evolved slightly differently, life on Earth might not exist
WHY WE NEED COMPUTER MODELS • There’s no simple solution to the interaction of three or more bodies
OTHER PLANETARY SYSTEMS • Astronomers have observed many systems without a Jupiter equivalent, and they don’t have an Earth either
JUPITER AND COMETS • Jupiter can change orbits, making a comet either more or less likely to hit Earth
JUPITER THE DESTROYER? • As beneficial as Jupiter is to Earth, it also has a destructive side
FOCUS ON COMETS FADE NEAR SATURN’S ORBIT • It’s not just about the Sun’s heat
COSMIC SNOWBALLS • Take a close-up look into what makes a comet
SECRETS OF THE ICE GIANTS • AT THE FAR REACHES OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM, TWO WORLDS REMAIN A MYSTERY TO US. BUT RECENT RESEARCH MAY HAVE GIVEN US A PEEK INTO THE UNKNOWN
INSIDE URANUS
SEASONS ON URANUS
HOW AN ICE GIANT IS MADE • The ice giants formed around the Sun like their Solar System...
