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Amazing answers to your curious questions

It was 15 years ago this month, on 13 June 2010, that the world watched as a beleaguered traveller finally arrived home, after a long and perilous journey back to land. The trouble began in 2003, as A

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The Universe is a big and complex beast, and doesn’t always behave in the way we might expect. So it’s not surprising that there are many misconceptions and misunderstandings about space. Some common

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