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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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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ESA Hera: ESA's Mission to a Damaged Asteroid
- 23rd Sep 2024
- Author: Ed Kellond-Turner
Hera is ESA's mission to the asteroid Dimorphos, to investigate the recent impact of NASA's DART spacecraft, helping to save planet Earth from future hazardous asteroids.
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![NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has unveiled in detail a section of the Veil Nebula.]()
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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Arne Nordmann CC BY-SA 3.0 Where are the Aliens?
- 4th Jul 2024
- Author: Caitlin Hauxwell
Let’s explore some of the science and speculation surrounding the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI).
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NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA Cosmic Valentines
- 8th Feb 2024
- Author: Catherine Muller
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![The ‘Hubble Ultra Deep Field,’ a view of nearly 10,000 galaxies imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope.]()
NASA, ESA, and S. Beckwith (STScI) and the HUDF Team Space Telescopes
- 25th Jan 2024
- Author: Katie Holland
Space telescopes have been helping to expand our view of the cosmos for the last 50 years, but why do we bother sending them to space?
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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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NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center; background, ESA/Gaia/DPAC Black Holes
- 11th May 2023
- Author: Lucy Spencer
A simple guide to one of the most mysterious objects in the universe: black holes.
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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.
