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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NASA/ JPL- Caltech/ASU/Peter Rubin Psyche Mission
- 26th Sep 2023
- Author: Elspeth Lewis
The Psyche mission will study an asteroid that may be very similar to the core of the Earth and other rocky planets.
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![Illuminated crescent Moon and Venus.]()
Stephen Rahn (Public domain) Solar System Summer: Venus
- 26th Jul 2023
- Author: Elspeth Lewis - Education Presenter
Known as the Earth's twin, Venus is far from the habitable and pleasant world that ours is.
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NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI Solar System Summer: Pluto
- 22nd Jun 2023
- Author: Elspeth Lewis
Just because it is no longer classed as a planet, doesn’t mean that Pluto isn’t worth learning about.
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NASA/Johns Hopkins APL DART: The First Asteroid Deflection Mission
- 27th Sep 2022
- Author: Catherine Muller
Launched on 24 November 2021, NASA’s DART Mission to asteroid Dimorphos is the first test of Earth-defence technology.
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![Hubble Captures Vivid Auroras In Jupiter's Atmosphere]()
NASA, ESA, and J. Nichols (University of Leicester) The Planets: Jupiter
- 26th Sep 2022
- Author: Ed Kellond-Turner
What Juno about Jupiter? Your one stop shop for everything you need to know about the king of the planets.
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NASA William and Caroline Herschel
- 25th Aug 2022
- Author: Ed Kellond-Turner
A brief insight into the lives and discoveries of the Herschel siblings, William and Caroline.
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NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS Curiosity Rover: 10 Years on Mars
- 4th Aug 2022
- Author: Ed Kellond-Turner
On 6 August 2022, the famous ‘Happy Birthday’ singing rover celebrates a staggering 10 years of operation on Mars.
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NASA What is a Lunar Eclipse?
- 11th May 2022
- Author: Daniel Milankovic
What is a Blood Moon? How and when can you see one? A beginner's guide to total, partial, and penumbral lunar eclipses.
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NASA/Joel Kowsky Full Moons and Full Facts
- 17th Mar 2022
- Author: Michael Darch
All your full moon questions are answered in our full moon and full facts guide, including your lunar calendar for 2022.
