QUARK SOUP, DARK MATTER & NUCLEAR PASTA Just what is going on in this impossible neutron star?

#199 DECEMBER 2021

Sky at Night

THE UK’S BEST SELLING ASTRONOMY MAGAZINE TH S NG AS NOM M Z E

TOUR THE MIDWINTER

MILKY WAY

Take in the glittering sights of our home Galaxy as it arches overhead this season

MORNING

METEORS

When to watch for a

Moon-free Geminid

meteor shower

HOW TO REDIRECT

AN ASTEROID The mission to change a space rock's orbit readies for launch

OPTICS UNWRAPPED Reviewed: Ideal gifts for

budding stargazers

WHOLETTHEDOGSOUT? On the origins of canine constellation Canes Venatici

DETAIL IN THE DISCS Major study sees molecules

in planet-forming regions