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15 minutes on Mars
Take part now to access more details of 15 minutes on MarsHave you ever looked up into the night sky at the red planet and wanted to know more? Now here’s your chance to explore Mars.
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Meteoric
Take part now to access more details of MeteoricRocks hurtling through space shape the surface of the moons and planets as collide – and now you can use your skill and knowledge to make your own mark. Can you cover a target percentage of a planet or a moon’s surface with impact craters – by choosing meteroids based on size, make-up and speed and aiming them at your chosen target.
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Astronomy with an online telescope
Learn more to access more details of Astronomy with an online telescopeThis free course shows you how to navigate the night sky, and introduces the wide variety of objects it contains. You will develop a hands-on understanding of telescopic observations using the Open University’s own robotic telescope facility COAST sited on the island of Tenerife. Supported by your own measurements we illustrate how stars...
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Microgravity: living on the International Space Station
Learn more to access more details of Microgravity: living on the International Space StationThis free badged open course, Microgravity: living on the International Space Station, will help you to consider microgravity environments in more detail than before! You will make direct comparisons of some important physical values between the International Space Station (ISS), the Earth and the Moon.
Level: 1 Introductory
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Galaxies, stars and planets
Learn more to access more details of Galaxies, stars and planetsThis free course, Galaxies, stars and planets, is a general introduction, including scale of the universe from the very large to the very small; orbits and gravity; the Solar System; the Sun and other stars; galaxies and the composition of astronomical objects.
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Cynthia Mann - 18 January 2012 8:35pm
Can't get this working at all - any tips?
OpenLearn Moderator - 19 January 2012 10:41am
Hi Cynthia,
Could I ask you to try using Google Chrome, I've just tried it and it works really well. If you are still having problems please come back to us and we will try to sort it out for you.
Many thanks
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Cynthia Mann - 19 January 2012 7:00pm
Wonderful! Works brilliantly with Google Chrome - many thanks for your help and a wonderful resource.