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Life on a 'New Earth'?Creative Commons Image By FbThienVanHoc via Flickr under Creative Commons license

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

08 December 2011

Is there anybody out there? The recent discovery of a 'New Earth' has expanded our obsession with extra-terrestrial life. But what do experts say?  Read more : Life on a 'New Earth'?

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Kepler's mission to discover 'Star Trek' planetsCreative Commons Image By Jesus Belzunce via Flickr under Creative Commons license

By Dr Carole Haswell (The Open University)

31 January 2011

Will Captain Kirk and Spock ever be able to visit other worlds and walk around in their skin-hugging uniforms, breathing the air? This is the...  Read more : Kepler's mission to discover 'Star Trek' planets

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Biodiversity: What's in it for me?Creative Commons Image jmtimages under CC-BY-NC-ND licence

By Dr Yoseph Araya (The Open University)

04 June 2010

World Environment Day celebrates environmental issues, including biodiversity. But what's in it for you?  Read more : Biodiversity: What's in it for me?

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Soil as the book of natureCopyrighted Image The Open University / Karen Parker

By Dr Yoseph Araya (The Open University)

09 November 2009

Our planet is largely covered with soil, and like sunlight and water we tend to take it for granted, and not give it the respect...  Read more : Soil as the book of nature

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My introduction to AstrobiologyCopyrighted Image The Open University / Karen Parker

By Andrew Morris (The Open University)

24 September 2007

Explaining astrobiology…  Read more : My introduction to Astrobiology

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Mars in 3D - NASA World WindNASA/JPL-Caltech

By Dr Tony Hirst (The Open University)

13 September 2007

Tony Hirst recommends some online applications for viewing the surface of Mars, Venus and Jupiter.  Read more : Mars in 3D - NASA World Wind

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Venus ExpressESA

By The Stardate team (The Open University)

06 April 2006

What are the aims of the Venus Express mission?  Read more : Venus Express

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Rocks - The Earth's ClocksUsed with permission

By Dr Janet Sumner (The Open University)

24 October 2005

Janet Sumner describes how we can tell the history of the climate from clues left in the rocks  Read more : Rocks - The Earth's Clocks

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Rock ClocksBBC

By Dr Janet Sumner (The Open University)

07 September 2004

Janet Sumner describes how we can tell the history of the climate from clues left in the rocks  Read more : Rock Clocks

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SuperWASP: Search for Extrasolar PlanetsSuperWASP

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

01 June 2004

The Transit Of Venus was focused on our Solar System. But there are projects which are looking far, far further afield - and the SuperWASP...  Read more : SuperWASP: Search for Extrasolar Planets

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As the Olympic flame wings its way around the UK, the OU's Aarón Alzola Romero asks: just how immemorial is the Olympic torch relay?

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