Tardigrades – The Ultimate Survivors?
- 8th Dec 2023
- Author: Scarlett Li-Williams
These small earth-dwelling creatures can out-survive us in many apocalyptic scenarios, and might unlock the code to our space survival.
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ESA Beagle 2 - 20 years later
- 6th Dec 2023
- Author: Ed Turner
20 years ago, Beagle 2 (a feat of British engineering) journeyed to Mars but didn’t phone home to say it landed. What happened to Beagle 2?
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NASA Space Highlights 2023
- 6th Dec 2023
- Author: Alex Thompson
2023 was a Lucy-JUICEy kind of year for space, let’s look back at some of the highlights!
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Ryan Wick CC BY 2.0 DEED A beginner's guide to Telescopes
- 6th Dec 2023
- Author: Lucy Spencer
Telescopes are powerful tools for observing the night sky – read this blog for a simple guide on what to look for, and how to use them!
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Leonid Meteor Shower 2023
- 14th Nov 2023
- Author: David Southworth
Active throughout the month of November, the peak of the Leonid meteor shower is coming up during the early hours of 18 November.
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NASA Space Stations
- 8th Nov 2023
- Author: Ed Turner
Space is vast, empty, and dangerous. So where do people go when they’re launched high above the Earth? And what do they do up there?
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Taurid Meteor Shower 2023
- 8th Nov 2023
- Author: David Southworth
Join stargazers across the globe to gaze upon the annual Taurid meteor shower – active in October and November.
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National Space Centre Celebrating 100 years of Planetaria
- 27th Oct 2023
- Author: Elspeth Lewis
The 21st October 2023 kick started the centennial celebrations of planetaria all around the world.
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© Scarlett Li-Williams (Sky Plum Studios) The creepy species of space science fact and fiction
- 20th Oct 2023
- Author: Scarlett Li-Williams
The brainless yet intelligent beings that have inspired space sci-fi movies, urban structures, and methods to understand the universe.
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National Space Centre Grossology
- 19th Oct 2023
- Author: Katie Holland
A future astronaut’s guide to the grossness waiting for them in space.
