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Science, Maths & Technology
Slip Slide Collide
Want to learn more about the Earth's tectonic plates? Start your journey into the surface of the Earth with these three quick-fire challenges in our science game.
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Clavius - a lunar mystery
How one of the largest and most prominent features on the Moon got its name.
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The restless Universe
The restless Universe introduces you to major achievements and figures in the history of physics, from Copernicus to Einstein and beyond. The route from classical to quantum physics will be laid out for you in this free course without recourse to challenging mathematics but with the fundamental features of theories and discoveries described in ...
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Moon Trumps: Pitch satellite against satellite
Become a master of the universe by winning Moon Trumps.
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60 Second Adventures in Astronomy: Taking a Galactic Census
Counting stars in the sky is easy - but how do we know how far away they are?
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60 Second Adventures in Astronomy: Gaia and the Killer Asteroids
How does Gaia detect any dangerous Earth-crossing asteroids?
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60 Second Adventures in Astronomy: Event horizons
Just what is the point of no return? German physicist, Karl Schwarzchild calculated the event horizon of black holes. And it can tell us more about the eventual fate of all the galaxies.
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60 Second Adventures in Astronomy: Dark energy
Dark Energy explores how Einstein was right all along about the expanding Universe. We never should have doubted him
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60 Second Adventures in Astronomy: Dark matter
Fritz Zwicky was a Swiss astronomer who discovered Dark Matter in the Universe. But what's the matter with dark matter?
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60 Second Adventures in Astronomy: Large Hadron Collider
Turns out the Large Hadron Collider is not as dangerous as we thought
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60 Second Adventures in Astronomy: Special relativity
Who had more fun in life, Albert Einstein or Richard Feynman? Whichever one of them was travelling faster
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60 Second Adventures in Astronomy: Black holes
Is it possible to make your own black hole? DIY experts take note with this animation