Celebrating 35 years of the Hubble Space Telescope
- 22nd Apr 2025
- Author: Emma Mosley
It’s the Hubble Space Telescope’s 35th birthday! To celebrate, we’re taking a closer look at what it’s achieved.
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National Space Centre Build Your Own Biome!
- 5th Apr 2025
- Author: Chloe Hopkinson
Build your own terrarium inspired by the biomes around the world!
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Public domain Biomass: Weighing Carbon Stored in Forests
- 1st Apr 2025
- Author: Sean Sweeney
Discover how ESA's Biomass mission will revolutionise our understanding of the Earth’s forests and their role in combating climate change.
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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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Antonio Rodriguez 5 Pioneering Women in Science You Should Know About
- 11th Feb 2025
- Author: Chloe Hopkinson
This International Day of Women and Girls in Science Day, uncover the five pioneers who helped change the world!
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NASA How the UK helped America Go to the Moon
- 9th Dec 2024
- Author: John Statham
America may have landed astronauts on the Moon but it took people around the world to make it happen and UK citizens played a role in that.
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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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Pavel Danilyuk (public domain) Who owns space?
- 9th Oct 2024
- Author: Jasneet Kaur
What are the rules when exploring and operating in space and who decides what they are?
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National Space Centre British Science Fiction Technology
- 21st Sep 2024
- Author: Emma Mosley
Ahead of our BritSciFi weekend, we’ve been looking at technologies used in British Science Fiction shows that exist in real life!
