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Tag Archives: space
NASA’s HD channel
NASA has started posting HD videos to its YouTube channel. One of the first videos posted was this incredible stop-motion video of the ISS in orbit around Earth. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXNH7whveGk[/youtube] Make sure you click the ’ HD’ icon to watch in … Continue reading
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Transit of the Moon
A transit is an astronomical term for when one object passes another. In the photograph below the planet Mercury is transiting across the Sun, as seen from the SOHO spacecraft. For the first time scientists have recorded the Moon’s transit … Continue reading
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Jupiter’s spot burps out a baby
Jupiter’s Great Red Spot, a violent storm bigger than Earth, has given birth to a new, smaller, giant storm.
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“What would happen if I fell into a black hole?”
… is a question I’ve been asked quite often recently. Slate magazine has the answer.
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Laika gets a statue
Laika, the first living creature in space, has been celebrated in Russia with her own statue.
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The Universe is 13.73 billion years old
Data from a space probe called WMAP have enabled scientists to calculate the best yet value for the age of the Universe: 13.73 ± 0.12 billion years old.
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10 things you don’t know about the Milky Way
The Bad Astronomy website has a great story about 10 Things You Didn’t Know about your own galaxy — The Milky Way.
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7.6 billion years to go
Researchers at the University of Sussex have worked out the amount of nuclear fuel the Sun has left to burn. The good news is, we’ve got 7.6 billion years to work out what to do when the Sun goes cold … Continue reading
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GLAST?
GLAST is the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope. It currently has a rubbish name. So NASA are running a competition to decide on a new name.
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Flames in space
Everyone knows that hot air rises; candle flames point up. But what if there’s no “up”? In space, flames form tiny balls, and can break apart and move around!
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