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Use our virtual planisphere to track the night skies throughout the year - and to get a close-up view of stars and planets.
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Day 21 - Star-gazing
In the season where stars take on a special significance, we draw together our star-gazing content
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Making stars
Dr Janet Sumner visits a project looking for a source of cheap, clean fuel, which gives us a glimpse of the birth of our sun
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The Star of Bethlehem: An OpenLearn reading list
The star which led the Magi to the manager might have some factual truth to it - but nobody really knows which truth to back.
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The colour of stars
Ever wondered why some stars appear slightly blue and others red? Looking at the life cycle of a star will explain why...
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Finding new Earths
In February 2014 the European Space Agency announced the first-ever space mission dedicated to searching for planets capable of supporting life.
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Supernovae
The objects left behind by supernovae explosions are interesting in their own right. Here we look at manifestations of neutron stars, in particular the observations of X-ray binary stars
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Virtual worlds, real opportunities
Businesses are using multiplayer online games to promote their products. Do these games have a useful potential for trialling new financial and social theories?
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Gaia: Taking the Galactic Census
We know how many stars there are in the Milky Way, but how do we know how far they are?
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Cosmos TV and 'The News'
Dave Rothery blogs about the latest developments in planet hunting.
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