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Back to Search#27 Planet Mercury normally keeps a low profile, but let's take a closer look at the first planet from the sun.
Season 1 Episode 27
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We don't get to hear much about planet Mercury. It took us a long time to learn much about it and only two spacecraft have ever been …
5 years, 6 months ago
#26 What's the matter? Really, what is the matter that makes up 80% of the mass of the universe but can't be observed directly. The strange story of dark matter
Season 1 Episode 26
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So back in the 1930's, astronomers noticed that there didn't seem to be enough mass in galactic clusters to hold them together, but t…
5 years, 7 months ago
#25 A conversation with David W. Brown about his new book The Mission, and Jupiter's icy ocean moon Europa
Season 1 Episode 25
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Join us for a discussion with David W. Brown about his new book The Mission, the true story of NASA's bold Europa Clipper mission and…
5 years, 7 months ago
#24 What went wrong with the Hubble Space Telescope?
Season 1 Episode 24
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So way back in the 90s, NASA launched the bus-sized Hubble Space Telescope into orbit. But it had a huge problem, it couldn't focus t…
5 years, 8 months ago
#23 Meteors and meteorites, what are they and why do they burn up?
Season 1 Episode 23
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Meteors, they're not falling stars, but what are they? Where do these objects come from and why do they 'burn up' in the atmosphere? …
5 years, 9 months ago
#22 The Sun. How does it it produce so much energy? And what does the future hold?
Season 1 Episode 22
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Let's take a closer look at the Sun - but not literally. How does it it produce so much energy and why can it do this for billions an…
5 years, 10 months ago
#21 Let's take a look at the Moon part 5 - Artemis and the future of human Moon exploration
Season 1 Episode 21
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We've had a look at the history of human lunar exploration, but this time we're going to look to the future. We're going back to the …
5 years, 11 months ago
#20 Let's take a look at the Moon - part 4
Season 1 Episode 20
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We love the moon. Sometimes we just step outside and it's there waiting for us. There's so much to explore with the moon, we're takin…
6 years ago
#19 Let's take a look at the Moon - part 3
Season 1 Episode 19
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There's so much to explore with the moon. It's our little companion in space, like our next door neighbour. We're going to take a few…
6 years, 1 month ago
#18 Let's take a look at the Moon - part 2
Season 1 Episode 18
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There's so much to explore with the moon. It's our little companion in space, like our next door neighbour. We're going to take a few…
6 years, 2 months ago