Astrolympics
- 11th Aug 2024
- Author: Sophie Allan
What would the Olympic records be if the games took place on the Moon and Mars?
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Katie Holland A (Very) Brief History of Cats in Space
- 8th Aug 2024
- Author: Katie Holland
This International Cat Day, let's take a look at the only cat to have ever journeyed to the stars.
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ESA/NASA-T. Pesquet 5 Facts about the Olympics and Space
- 22nd Jul 2024
- Author: Emma Mosley
We are very excited for the Paris 2024 Olympics to start. To help get us all ready, here are our top 5 Space Olympic facts!
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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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© Diyura Sasitharan From the Sea to the Stars: Jellyfish in Space
- 20th Jun 2024
- Author: Diyura Sasitharan
Why have jellyfish been sent into orbit around the Earth and what have we learnt from their journey into space?
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NASA/ Robert Lea From Phosphine and Penguin Poo to Life on Venus?
- 8th Mar 2024
- Author: Jasneet Kaur
In the thick clouds of Venus, Professor Jane Greaves found phosphine. It’s also found in penguin poo, so could there be life on Venus?
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Freestocks.org Public Domain World Book Day
- 7th Mar 2024
- Author: Elspeth Lewis
To celebrate World Book Day, we’re looking back at some of the authors that the National Space Centre has hosted in the last year.
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NSC Creative Space Careers: Planetarium Shows and Immersive Media
- 7th Mar 2024
- Author: Alex Garton
From artists and software developers to producers and presenters, explore careers revolved around planetarium shows and immersive media.
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ESA LEGO into Space
- 1st Mar 2024
- Author: Emma Mosley
Lego has built models of spacecraft but has Lego been into Space? Yes it has and here is a list of the furthest travelled pieces of Lego!
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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?
