SPHEREx – Discovering Our Cosmic Origins
- 24th Feb 2025
- Author: Katie Holland
After more than a decade in the making, NASA’s SPHEREx is set to launch at the beginning of March 2025, surveying the skies to determine our Universe’s origins.
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Nick Russill (CC BY 2.0) What are the northern lights?
- 24th Feb 2025
- Author: Dhara Patel
A guide to understanding what aurorae are, how can you spot them and why we've been seeing them more from the UK.
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National Space Centre Design a date night on the ISS!
- 14th Feb 2025
- Author: Chloe Hopkinson
Design a date night on the ISS and we’ll tell you what romantic part of the universe you are!
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Torr3 (CC BY-SA 4.0 - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ) How did the Planets get their Names?
- 10th Feb 2025
- Author: David Southworth
How different languages and cultures named the planets.
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5 Stargazing Challenges - National Astronomy Week 2025
- 20th Jan 2025
- Author: Dhara Patel
Have a go at our 5 stargazing challenges as we chase the Moon across the sky this National Astronomy week (1-9 February 2025).
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Jane Kyprianou Lunar Astrophotography
- 2nd Dec 2024
- Author: Jane Kyprianou
A guide to capturing one of nature's most striking astronomical objects - the Moon.
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NASA/GSFC/SDO The Spookiest Places in the Universe
- 29th Oct 2024
- Author: Lucy Spencer
When it comes to scary wonders, space holds some of the universe’s creepiest secrets. From vampire stars to cosmic pumpkins, let’s take a trip through the spookiest places in the universe.
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NASA/ESA/Hubble Heritage Team Supernovae – The Universe’s fireworks
- 6th Aug 2024
- Author: Joseph Walters
A supernova is a truly incredible sight that appears following an immense explosion, but could they affect us?
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NASA/JPL-Caltech The CANs and CAN’Ts of Time Travel
- 13th Feb 2024
- Author: Caitlin Hauxwell
Could time travel be possible? What would the rules be? And what are the mind-bending paradoxes that go with it?
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NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA Cosmic Valentines
- 8th Feb 2024
- Author: Catherine Muller
