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What's so exciting about gravitational waves being discovered?
Scientists are thrilled by the discovery of gravitational waves, in part because it proves one of Einstein's theories - but also because what it means we might do next...
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How we found gravitational waves
Martin Hendry, part of the team that discovered gravitational waves, explains how they made their historic discovery.
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Deplaning: Why is the 747 coming to the end of the runway?
For a long time, the 747 has dominated the skies. But Boeing is slowing production. How come?
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Discover Mercury: Safety advice for the Transit of Mercury
If you're planning on watching the Transit of Mercury, it's vital to take some basic steps to protect your sight. Here's some advice on how.
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Discover Mercury: BepiColombo's instruments
A closer look at the instruments that BepiColombo has been tricked out with.
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Discover Mercury: The BepiColombo mission
An introduction to 2017's BepiColombo mission.
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Discover Mercury: Volcanism, faults and hollows
What do we already know - or think we know - about the geology of Mercury?
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Discover Mercury: International collaboration
The journey to another world relies on co-operation all around this one.
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Discover Mercury: What inspires and drives you?
What is it about Mercury that attracts scientists to study the planet?
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Discover Mercury: The MESSENGER project
NASA's MESSENGER visited Mercury in 2015. Here's a little about that project.
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Discover Mercury: What questions will BepiColombo try to answer?
We don't know very much about Mercury, so there's a lot for BepiColombo to investigate...
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Discover Mercury: Why spend the money?
It's not cheap to send spacecraft to Mercury - how do you justify the expense?