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Meteorite strikes made moon’s air
Why does Saturn’s largest moon have a nitrogen atmosphere like Earth? It’s a question that has stumped astronomers since the Voyager spacecraft went to Titan in 1981. However, laser gun-toting...
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Manned Shuttles – A Waste of Space?
On Friday the shuttle Atlantis will lift off on its final voyage, when it returns it will mean the end of NASA’s iconic space shuttle programme. The shuttle’s retirement also signals the beginning of...
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Moon birth theory holds no water
Four and half billion years ago, a meteorite the size of Mars slammed into Earth, melting the entire surface of our planet and throwing billions of tonnes of rock into space. In time, the ejected...
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Science Behind the Photo #33
This detailed photograph of our Moon was taken at the University of London Observatory (ULO), on the amazingly beautiful and intricate Fry telescope. Made by famous telescope manufacturer Thomas Cook...
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Science Behind the Photo #34
Moon Bouncing Taken in 2008, this pair of telecommunications masts in downtown Atlanta, USA carry a mix of phone, TV and radio relay dishes. Telecommunication towers have been around since the early...
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5 Space Breakthroughs of 2011
With the New Year comes the inevitable question of resolutions – how will you better yourself in 2012? The familiar answers of getting fit, losing weight, saving money and the like are a bit jaded,...
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Interview With an Astronaut
The docked Apollo 9 command and service modules and lunar module conduct the first docking maneuvers in space. This photo of command module pilot David Scott in the command module’s open hatch was...
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News Round-Up: New Moon, Solar Windows, ‘Green’ Algae, Namibian Water
Pluto’s fifth moon discovered Image: Hubblesite A new moon has been found orbiting Pluto, bringing the number of satellites known around the former planet to five. P5 – the moon’s temporary designation...
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The evolution of the early solar system
The Moon may provide insights into the organic evolution of the early solar system
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Surviving in Space
We are of Earth. Our bodies have evolved to work on this planet – not on the Moon, not on Mars and certainly not in conditions of weightlessness. So it is remarkable that over only a few decades of...
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Aiming for the Moon
In 1989 Soviet authorities admitted publicly for the first time the existence of a formerly secret programme to land a cosmonaut on the Moon. The space race between the USA and USSR, so well...
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From Mars to the multiverse: life, space and the cosmos with Martin Rees
Astronomer Royal and former President of the Royal Society Lord Martin Rees presents the 2016 Peter Lindsay Memorial Lecture. Unmanned spacecraft have visited the other planets of our Solar System (and...
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Ri Lates: Surviving in space
Fifty years since the first space probe landed on the moon, Ri Lates will be exploring space, from the rocket fuel that propels us and the life of an astronaut to the scientific advances our journeys...
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Physicists over the Moon about new theory
A new theory explaining the birth of the Moon could help complete our understanding.
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Buzz Aldrin, astronaut, turns 88
Ever since the moon landing Buzz Aldrin has become a household name. Let's look back at his life.
View ArticleScience events coming up in 2022 to keep on your radar
By Alex Dadswell21st January 2022 From developments in the fight against COVID-19 to lunar landers...
View ArticleCatch The Last Total Lunar Eclipse Before 2025
by Gabriella Sotelo (November 7, 2022) The second lunar eclipse of 2022 will occur on...
View ArticleFirst 2024 Moon mission didn’t go as expected
Valentina Moya (13 January 2024) One of the first space missions of the year was...
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