Double Helix Issue 61

Cover of 'Double Helix' magazine issue 61, showing a digital illustration of a galaxy in space.

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Take a tour of our galaxy, learn about the bubbles in space, and find out if there's a multiverse!

Welcome to this galactic issue of Double Helix! Where better to start than exploring our own Milky Way galaxy, and learning about its burps and bubbles. Further afield, we explore the sky’s distant reaches in search of a multiverse. And back on Earth, we talk to Brickman about engineering the perfect LEGO® build. + Full description

If you’re looking to get hands on, we’ve got you covered. Learn why the brightest stars aren’t always the biggest, and discover the invisible rings of Uranus. Plus, we have the secrets to painting the perfect galaxy!

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News

Issue publication date: 15 January 2023

Details

Magazine | January 2023 | $ 10.99
ISBN: DH08/61 | 40 pages | 297 x 210 mm
Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
Colour illustrations, Colour photographs

Features

Looking for science, technology, engineering and maths news? We've got you covered! Inside every issue you'll find articles, activities, puzzles, comics and prizes galore.

Features
VIRAL SCIENCE – Bragg student prize winner Olivia Campbell explores what happens when science and social media meet
IS OUR UNIVERSE THE ONLY ONE? Astronomers are looking for a multiverse, where the rules of nature are very different
THE MILKY WAY: A GUIDE TO YOUR GALAXY – Take a closer look at our galaxy by gazing at the night sky
THE GALAXY’S MYSTERIOUS EXPLOSION – Our galaxy is burping bubbles! Karlie Noon is working out how and why
ENGINEERING BETTER BUILDS – Ryan ‘Brickman’ McNaught tells us about building epic LEGO® and thinking like an engineer

Regulars
Snippets
Poster
Reviews
Time-travelling Shed
Planetary Post
Back of the Envelope
Microscope
Fiction

Activities
Make It Comic
Up Above the World So Bright
Smokey Rings
Word Search
Crossword
Puzzles

Competitions
The Sky Has No Limit
Over the Moon
Space Mission

Authors

The Double Helix team is part of CSIRO Publishing and has a long-standing reputation for delivering expertly written, fascinating and fun science material for young people, with an aim to foster an interest in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM).