Q&a with an astrophysicist

We had been driving for most of the day across the rugged terrain of the Atacama to reach our wild camp spot for the night. Shades of rusty orange coated the landscape. Volcanoes loomed among the jagg

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Planetary physicist Dr Sheila Kanani on why now is the time to spot shooting stars and a sunlit Saturn

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