Журнал №1 2023 (189)

Starry Night. Only in the darkness can you see the Stars

— Martin Luther King Jr.

In this issue:

• 12 star systems closest to us. We talk about the diversity of the neighboring luminaries of the Solar System
• One step away from a black hole. Everything you want to know about neutron stars
• World beyond the Milky Way: A large-scale structure
• Deceptive biomarkers. How to find life beyond Earth
• The explorer of the ice worlds. History, technical equipment and objectives of the JUICE mission
• The search for keys to the origin of the Solar System. Present and future asteroid missions
• Blitz interview with Max Kidruk about our galactic future
• Attack of small satellites. Democratization of space activities or violation of the right to a dark and quiet sky
• EOS SAR and the future of satellite technologies for Earth radar monitoring
• The access code to the stars. How programs allow us to conquer space (part 1)
• Open space. Five citizen science projects for anyone who wants to help NASA
• “Meatball” and “worm”. How did the NASA symbolism appear and what does it mean?
• Infographics about NASA’s ground infrastructure
• A happy ending for astronauts. Five space accidents with no deaths
• Moons of Uranus and English literature. How Shakespeare influenced astronomy
• Buried impact craters on Earth are eyewitnesses of the ancient “end of the world”. We tell you how asteroids led to the extinction of dinosaurs
• In search of the lost Apollo. The history and prospects of space archaeology
• Planets that didn’t exist. Non-existent bodies of the Solar System
• 5 amazing stars of the Milky Way. Interesting facts about the luminaries of our Galaxy
• An indispensable assistant to astronomers. What is a telescope for?
• The sky is for beginners. What objects can be seen with a small telescope in a big city
• A man-made star in your sky. How to observe the ISS with the naked eye near your house
• When coffee machines dream of the stars. Selection of the strangest things that have reached orbit
• The amazing world of quasi-moons. We explain what quasi-moons are and where they can be found in our star system
• Heliocentrism, which was not invented by Copernicus. Destroying myths. We tell you about the first one who put forward the theory that the Earth orbits the Sun, and what does a famous scientist have to do with it
• Earth with interstellar engines and miners on the Moon. Review of the main space film premieres of 2023
• “Reasonable time.” Fantastic story
• The Museum of Space in Korolev’s homeland. Report on a trip to Zhytomyr
• All with awards. Ukrainians brought 14 medals from the Rocket modeling World Championship