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Fantastic Images of Jupiter by JunoCam in 2020 l Photoblog

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Juno spacecraft orbits Jupiter every 53 days and its onboard camera sends back raw images of the planet. Here are the ones taken in 2020.

First Ever Image of Exoplanets around a sunlike star. Credit: ESO/Bohn et al.

First Time Ever! Two Planets Around a Sun-like Star Photographed

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For the first time ever astronomers have photographed the first ever image of a young, Sun-like star accompanied by two giant exoplanets.

BepiColombo takes image of Earth as it flies by April 10, 2020

Visiting Mercury – BepiColombo flies by Earth

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Visiting Mercury - BepiColombo flies by Earth on its way to Mercury, executing the first of its many planetary flybys. It will reach in 2025.

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ESA and NASA Launch Solar Orbiter

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The European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA together, have launched a solar orbiter from Cape Canaveral today. It will reach the Sun at the end of 2021 and is expected to study the north and south poles ...

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Historic All Women Spacewalk

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Astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir conduct the first all women spacewalk together from the International Space Station. It will last 5.5 hours and you can watch it here.  

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First Emirati on the ISS blasts off on Soyuz Rocket

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A soyuz rocket has blasted off from the Baikonur space centre in Kazakhstan to take astronauts to the International Space Station. The three member crew includes an Emirati, Russian and an American. H...

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Image of a black hole at the centre of M87 galaxy

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Image of a black hole at the centre of M87 galaxy in April 2019 shows how its gravity distorts our view of it by warping its surroundings.

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July 20, 1969 – Humanity Visits The Moon For The First Time On This Day

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July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin land the Lunar Module called Eagle on the Moon and step on to its surface. They stay for approx. 2.5 hours and bring back rock samples.

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Podcast Episode 1 | Moon landing, Conspiracy theories and the Dark side

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July 20 marks the anniversary of the first time humanity stepped foot on the moon and on our first podcast we talk about the moon itself, what led to the moon landing.