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supernova?
We're long overdue a spectacular
display of stellar fireworks. But
where will it come from?24 M i s s i o n p r o f i l e
OSIRIS-REx
28 What's orbiting
our black hole?
Six strange objects have
been found in the vicinity of
Sagittarius A* – and there may
be more36 Future tech
Kamikaze
space cleaner
38 What’s new
at Mercury?
MESSENGER might be long
gone, but the results are still
pouring in46 Interview
BepiColombo
From judging the geology to
mapping the cratered terrain,
mission scientist David
Rothery reveals the aims of
the ambitious mission50 What
happened to
the animal
astronauts?
Several creatures blasted
off into space to further our
understanding of exploration58 Climate change
in the Solar
System
Alongside Earth, our planetary
neighbourhood is changing –
but it's not for the better, it's for
the worse66 Gravitational
waves hit Earth
A mysterious cosmic event
might have stretched and
squeezed our planet68 11 missions the
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