All_About_Space_-_Issue_94_2020

© Nicholas Forder the eveR-changing Mars ...

A host ofrobotshave journeyed to the Red Planet, andwith eachour eforethearrivalofNASA’s Mariner 4, Marswasthoughttobe a world s ...

Methane is a simple molecule, and astronomers have been scouring Mars for decades in order to find it. This is because the molec ...

Viking’s false hope In 1976 theworldsawNASA’sambitiousViking missionarriveatMars.Thismissionconsistedof twoidenticalspacecraft– ...

Mars’ fleeting atmosphere TheSun’sharmfulradiationandsolarwindsaresomethingthat haveonlybecomeapparentveryrecentlyonEarth,especi ...

After all the amazing discoveries that human-made space probes have made over the last half a century, what more can be found ou ...

Superflares emit large amounts of dangerous high- energy particles, but life on Earth is protected by a thick atmosphere, and th ...

Thereisa colossalsize difference between Earthandone oftheSun’s superflares ASTRONOMY ©NASA Did youknow? TheCarringtonEventof 18 ...

During your timein space,do you feel anysignificant changes to your body? It’sfunny;someofthechangeswerea littleinsidiousandsome ...

Whyisitessentialwefindoutmoreaboutthe icegiants,UranusandNeptune? UranusandNeptunehaveneverhada dedicated spacecraftmission,havi ...

The lunar surface is home to more activity than its barren appearance lets on ReportedbyJamesRomero The Moon is alive ...

T h e Moon i s alive © Alamy The Moon is alive ...

romthe4-billion-year-old, 230-kilometre(143-mile)wideClavius impactcratertoNeilArmstrong’s 50-year-old,size-nine-and-a-half‘one ...

Howdo we know thatthe Moonis alive? Thereareincreasing signsofongoinglife Finding Ina In 1971 as part of Apollo 15, Alfred Worde ...

Water on the Moon Ideas of a bone-dry lunar surface have been overturned by detection of water withinrock minerals, and as surfa ...

Chandrayaan-1 ThefirstIndian lunarprobespent almosta yearinorbit. ItcontainedtheMoon MineralogyMapper imagingspectrometer instru ...

Volcanoes on the Moon TheMoon has been volcanically active for most of its history Pre-Nectarian period Lunar crust formed via m ...

Copernican period It is generally thought lunar volcanism had ceased by the Copernican period. However, evidence from Ina and 70 ...

In this issue... 78 What’s in the sky? Look for lingering Perseids while you view a great selection of other targets 90 Astropho ...

Conjunction A conjunction is an alignment of objects at the same celestial longitude. The conjunction of the Moon and the planet ...