Welcome
Some weeks ago I was sitting with the All About
Space team, talking about a new theory that seems to have been rattling around the scientific community for quite a few years: the rumour among astrophysicists is that our universe – and any other universes that surround us – could be inside a gravastar. Eyebrows were raised. How could we actually prove it? What made astrophysicists think that this could be a possibility? What actually is a gravastar? This issue All
About Space finds out – turn to page 50 for everything you need to know as we unlock the evidence that's left cosmologists questioning what's at the very edge of the cosmos as we know it.
The hunt for another world within our Solar System is still going strong, as you'll discover on page 16. And, with the search being restarted in earnest with current and new technologies and missions, it could only be a matter of time before we finally lock on to another planet for us to explore.
Could it be just as we imagined? How big is it? Could we send a spacecraft there? All might be revealed in the next few years or so. If you haven't already, we hope you enjoy your free gift with this issue, and don't forget to make the most of our latest offer which entitles you to a year's subscription plus five books that will assist in your exploration of the night sky and space.