Find out how you'd pass the time on Mercury - where a single day lasts two years
Category: Astronomy
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How have scientists studied distant stars to learn more about exoplanets, the invisible planets that orbit them?
Category: Astronomy
Discover how asteroids and microbes flying through space could hold the secret to life on Earth - and maybe even Mars
Category: Astronomy
Ross Findlay, a Cosmochemistry PhD Student in The School of Physical Sciences, explores different types of meteorites which have landed across our planet.
Category: Astronomy
Tony Hirst recommends some online applications for viewing the surface of Mars, Venus and Jupiter.
Category: Astronomy
Explaining astrobiology…
Category: Astronomy
Our planet is at the centre of a cosmic shooting gallery. This album examines the evidence for and effect of asteroid impacts and meteor explosions on Earth. The 6 video tracks assess the environmental effects caused by bolides of different sizes and trajectories. How do scientists detect that a crater on Earth is the result of an asteroid impact? Ian Gilmour visits an unusual circular feature at Nordingen in Southern Germany and Peter Schultz describes the oblique impact at Rio Quarto in Argentina. When comets collide with planets, the consequences can be catastrophic. What kind of impact could cause mass extinction on earth?
This material forms part of The Open University course S283 Planetary science and the search for life.
This material forms part of The Open University course S283 Planetary science and the search for life.
Category: Astronomy
What are the aims of the Venus Express mission?
Category: Astronomy