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CONTENTS
AWESOME NEWS AND AMAZING FACTS
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Fighting plastic pollution with bubbles, new deep-sea species, poo pills to cure infections and more!
THE NIGHT SKY
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Find out why stars twinkle, why stargazing is a glance into the past, and make constellation cupcakes.
ANIMAL ANTICS
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Meet brilliant badgers, badgers the nocturnal diggers who navigate the night with ease.
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Solve some intergalactic space puzzles!
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Cut out a star map to help you navigate the autumn sky and make a constellation torch!
INTERVIEW WITH A SCIENCE HERO
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Katie Bouman helped capture the first ever image of a black hole!
HOW STUFF WORKS
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Peek inside a telescope to discover how they help us to see distant objects in detail.
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Out-of-this-world wonders! Check out some incredible images of outer space that have been captured by telescopes.
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SENSATIONAL SCIENTISTS
Meet Edwin Hubble, the groundbreaking astronomer with a famous telescope named after him.
Y’S WONDER CLUB
Ask our robot, Y, your burning science questions and share all of your adventures in science with the club.
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QUIZ POP BANG AND COMPETITION
Test your knowledge with our super-duper science quiz and win two fantastic space books.
JOKES AND ANSWERS
Laugh out loud at some awesome jokes and find the answers to all of our quizzes, puzzles and riddles.
SPECTACULAR SCIENCE
Marvel at a mind-blowing image from the new James Webb Space Telescope.
FIND THE SCIENCE EQUIPMENT Hidden on each double page is a piece of science equipment. Tick each one to find the complete kit!