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A beginners' guide to exoplanets
How to spot an alien Earth
How do we know how far away the moon is?
Why is Pluto no longer considered a planet?
Alien spotting comes down to Earth
Your life on Mars
What causes the Earth's magnetic field?
All about... the Venus transit
All about... SETI
Are we really all made of stardust?
Top 4 Bonkers things about the universe
How does GPS work?
Why do earthquakes happen?
How does sunscreen work?
Boobs, Babes and Blood
The Herschel Space Observatory
What Colour is the Red Planet, Really?
A blog post looking at how scientist adjust colours of scientific images.
Explore Mars now
Take a virtual tour of a martian base and discover the technology that might be used to set up camp on the red planet
When North goes South
Images and animations on how our planet's magnetic poles have flipped in the past, and how they may flip again.
Visible Earth
A catalogue of satellite images of our home planet detailing everything from atmospheric data to city lights or natural disasters.
It's Toutatis!
NASA information on Toutatis, an asteroid which passed very close to our planet in 2000.