The farther you look into space, the farther back in time you’ll see

How It Works issue 11 may not hit the shops till 12 August, but you lucky folk can enjoy a free preview of what’s in store right here.

Well, it’s still a planet of sorts

Get the highlights of this month’s How It Works, which doesn’t hit the shelves till tomorrow

The European Space Agency’s GOCE satellite (Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer) has just imaged the Earth’s gravity in HD

The latest great edition of How It Works is here at last

Time to check out some of the awesome features you’ll find in this month’s How It Works ahead of the on sale date – you lucky devils

Another fine edition of the best science monthly on the market hits newsstands today – get it now

Check out this short video from NASA showing the final stage of the Atlantis shuttle’s docking procedure with the International Space Station

Issue 8 is another splendid feast for the mind, so read on to discover the highlights of this month’s edition of your favourite science and technology magazine

Three spacecraft orbiting the Sun and 3 million miles apart are to fire lazer beams at each other across the emptiness of space in order to finally prove whether Einstein’s theory of general relativity is true or not