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60. Life Outside of our Solar System; Is it Possible?
For thousands of years us humans have been looking into the stars, curious about one question. Is Earth the only planet with life? Plenty...
Henry Perraton
Apr 123 min read
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59. The Oort cloud
The Oort cloud is a hypothetical region in our solar system, far beyond what the world's best telescopes could see. Estimated to be...
Henry Perraton
Apr 112 min read
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58. Solar Storms
Solar storms are extraordinary and perilous events, occurring when eruptions on the Sun send powerful bursts of material throughout the...
Henry Perraton
Nov 24, 20242 min read
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57. Chinese rocket 'Haolong' to be the future of transportation
China has unveiled its exciting new spaceplane-type rocket, called the Haolong. Thought to be the successor to NASA's Space Shuttle, this...
Henry Perraton
Nov 24, 20242 min read
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56. The Roo-ver: Lunar Mining Prospects for Australia and NASA
Have you ever thought that there could be mining facilities on the moon, instead of Earth? Well, the Roo-ver (a 1 year old Australian...
Henry Perraton
Aug 5, 20242 min read
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55. Boeing's 1st Manned Starliner Takes to the Skies
After years of rumours and mysteries about Boeing's first spaceship, news has finally come in about the CST (or Crew Space...
Henry Perraton
Jun 13, 20242 min read
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54. Meteorites, Comets, Asteroids and Meteors
Over the past centuries or, perhaps, millennia, people have been awed, shocked and possibly even alarmed by the sight of these four...
Henry Perraton
Apr 11, 20243 min read
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53. Space Junk
Space Junk is a really big problem to companies cross the world. read to find out more
Henry Perraton
Nov 25, 20232 min read
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52. Starship
Starship is a SpaceX invention that will test launch tomorrow (April 19, 2023). In the near future, it is going to be used to take humans...
Henry Perraton
Apr 18, 20231 min read
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51. The Big Bang
Around 13.8 billion years ago, the universe was a different place. It was as tiny as a single matchbox, and outside it was nothing....
Henry Perraton
Apr 11, 20232 min read
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50. Giant Solar Storm Hits Earth
Today the biggest solar storm in more than six years has hit Earth! Strangely though, no one, not even space weather forcasters, saw it...
Henry Perraton
Mar 25, 20231 min read
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49. Betelgeuse
Betelgeuse is the tenth brightest star in the night sky and, after Rigel, the second-brightest in the constellation of Orion. It is...
Henry Perraton
Feb 5, 20231 min read
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48. Opportunity (the rover)
Opportunity was a rover that rolled over the rocky surface of Mars, but it was like no other rover. It achieved something that no one...
Henry Perraton
Jan 19, 20232 min read
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47. Artemis 1
It has been 53 years since the Apollo missions landed people on the moon. But now we are going back to the moon with the new Artemis 1...
Henry Perraton
Dec 12, 20221 min read
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46. The Andromeda Galaxy
The Andromeda galaxy is one of the most famous galaxies of all time, second only to our own galaxy, the Milky Way. At 200,000 light years...
Henry Perraton
Nov 16, 20222 min read
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45. The Milky Way
The Milky Way Galaxy is our home galaxy, located near the centre of the local group. Estimates bring the size to about 100,000 light...
Henry Perraton
Aug 22, 20222 min read
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44. Exoplanets
Exoplanets are planets outside our solar system, that could support life. They come in a variety of different shapes, sizes and even...
Henry Perraton
Jul 26, 20222 min read
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43. Valles Marineris
Five times as long, and four times as deep as the Grand Canyon, Valles Marineris is one of the natural wonders of the solar system. Named...
Henry Perraton
Jul 23, 20222 min read
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42. Ganymede
Ganymede, a moon of Jupiter, is the largest moon so far known to humans. The circumference is about 16,530 kilometres and would be...
Henry Perraton
Jun 9, 20221 min read
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41. The Eagle Nebula
Discovered by the Hubble Space Telescope, the Eagle Nebula is one of the most intriguing spots in space! On a clear night, without a...
Henry Perraton
May 5, 20221 min read
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11. Pollution
Pollution is an extremely bad thing, it kills animals and devours the environment, the worst thing is that humans cause pollution. There...
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Mar 13, 20221 min read
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10. Basalt
Basalt is the most common type of rock in the world! it covers over 90% of the Earth's surface! Basalt is in places that include islands,...
Henry Perraton
Dec 5, 20212 min read
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40. Sirius
Sirius is a star located in the Orion arm of the milky way, just like the sun. It is in the local star group, and only 8.6 light years...
Henry Perraton
Dec 4, 20211 min read
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9. Oceans
Oceans are a large part of Earth's surface. In fact, 70 percent of the Earth's surface is covered in oceans! Oceans are home to 228,450...
Henry Perraton
Nov 28, 20211 min read
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