Quadrantid Meteor Shower 2025
- 30th Dec 2024
- Author: Team Discovery (edited: Dhara Patel)
In 2025, the Quadrantid meteor shower peaks on the night of 3-4 January with up to 80 meteors per hour.
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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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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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National Space Centre Ursid Meteor Shower 2024
- 29th Nov 2024
- Author: Team Discovery (edited: Dhara Patel)
In December, the Ursid meteor shower peaks on the night of 21-22 December with up to 10 meteors an hour.
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National Space Centre Geminid Meteor Shower 2024
- 28th Nov 2024
- Author: Team Discovery (edited: Dhara Patel)
In 2024, the Geminid meteor shower peaks on the night of 13 December into the early hours of 14 December, with up to 150 meteors per hour.
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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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National Space Centre Leonid Meteor Shower 2024
- 21st Oct 2024
- Author: David Southworth (updated by Dhara Patel)
Active throughout the month of November, the peak of the Leonid meteor shower is coming up 17 November.
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National Space Centre Northern Taurid Meteor Shower 2024
- 20th Oct 2024
- Author: David Southworth (updated by Dhara Patel)
Join stargazers across the globe to gaze upon the annual Taurid meteor shower – active in October and November.
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Blue Origin New Glenn, Blue Origin's Flagship Launch Vehicle
- 8th Oct 2024
- Author: Ed Turner
Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket is set to launch no earlier than November 2024, carrying a Blue Ring spacecraft platform. But who are Blue Origin? And what celestial targets do they have their sights on?
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National Space Centre Mission Europa
- 1st Oct 2024
- Author: Katie Holland
Europa Clipper is the newest mission to the smallest of Jupiter's Galilean moons. But what is there to learn about this little icy world?
