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Ridiculous Names for Serious Space Equipment

Ridiculous Names for Serious Space Equipment

13th March 2017
Ridiculous Names for Serious Space Equipment Not all spacey stuff is all acronyms and complicated numbers, some very serious equipment has names that border on the fanciful. Here is a list of 6 of the best: MIRACLE Miracle a.k.a. the Mid-InfraRed Array Camera of Least Effort Not to judge but...
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Camino de Santiago – Following the milky way

Camino de Santiago – Following the milky way

28th February 2017
The Camino de Santiago – also known as the Way of St. James in English – is the name of any of the pilgrimage routes which travel to the shrine of the apostle St. James in the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia, Spain. This is where, legend has it, the remains of Saint James are buried...
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NASA Scientists Make a Romantic Discovery in Time for Valentine’s Day.

NASA Scientists Make a Romantic Discovery in Time for Valentine’s Day.

15th February 2017
Scientists made the perfect discovery just in time for Valentine’s day. There is a planet that lies 370 light-years from Earth, in the constellation Hercules that has a very strange effect on its parent star. When the planet passes close to the star, its immense gravitational force causes the oute...
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Top 10 weird things sent into space.

Top 10 weird things sent into space.

7th February 2017
Lego Figures These Lego figures were sent up in August 2015 for a mission orbiting the Planet Jupiter. The figures portray the Roman god Jupiter and his wife, the goddess Juno, and famous astronomer Galileo Galilei. Golden Records Since 1977, NASA has been sendi...
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Should you name a star for Valentine’s Day?

Should you name a star for Valentine’s Day?

1st February 2017
Nowadays it’s very difficult to think of something a bit different to get for your other half; the cliché of buying roses, chocolates and jewelry just seems to a bit, well old. These gifts might well bring a smile to their face but there is no sense of originality within the gift. With buying a...
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Cute Valentine’s Day Ideas

Cute Valentine’s Day Ideas

30th January 2017
1) Ice skating. Go out for an hour skating at one of the many rinks popping up across the country. There’s not a lot that’s more romantic than skating around hand in hand. Make sure to grab a hot chocolate together afterwards to complete the experience. 2) Homemade meal. This may be a bit of a c...
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Out of this world astronaut selfies.

Out of this world astronaut selfies.

24th January 2017
Thomas Pesquet French ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet took this amazing selfie on his first spacewalk on the 17th of January 2017.   First space selfie ever NASA astronaut Buzz Aldrin took this photo in 1966 whilst performing a EVA (extravehicular activity) during the...
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Vinegar Valentines

Vinegar Valentines

18th January 2017
Vinegar valentines are not the sweet nothings you expect to receive on the day dedicated to love they are in fact insult based greetings cards printed on cheap one sided paper featuring grotesque caricatures meant to insult or amuse.   They caused a stir through all social levels not merely th...
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Top stargazing locations in Wales for St Dwynwen’s Day

Top stargazing locations in Wales for St Dwynwen’s Day

17th January 2017
The Brecon Beacons  The Brecon Beacons became Wales’ first “Dark Sky Reserve”, 5 years ago. There are multiple places around Brecon where you can view the night sky in all its glory, one of those being from the Visitor Centre. What also makes Brecon the ideal stargazing location is its distance fr...
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Top Ever Space Movies

Top Ever Space Movies

16th January 2017
Top Ever Space Movies 1) 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) This iconic and epic science fiction film was produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick in 1968. Written by both Stanley Kubrick and legendary novelist Arthur C Clarke it was inspired by one of Clarke’s short stories (“The Sentinel” – 1951). T...
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Humans are made of stardust

Humans are made of stardust

11th January 2017
It is a commonly known myth that people are made of stardust and now a study has confirmed it. The survey conducted on 150,000 stars has revealed that the galaxy and humans share 97% of the same atoms. The elements of life on earth, which are usually found towards the centre of the galaxy, can...
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Top Stargazing Moments in Films/TV

Top Stargazing Moments in Films/TV

10th January 2017
1) A Walk to Remember This coming of age romance staring Shane West and Mandy Moore has one of the most famous stargazing scenes in cinema. In this scene, Landon (Shane West) goes stargazing with Jamie (Mandy Moore) and surprises her by revealing that he’s also named a star after her. It’s a bea...
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