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  • ESA's Test-Bed Telescope 2, located at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile, looks out over the Atacama Desert at sunset.
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    ESA's Test-Bed Telescope 2, located at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile, looks out over the Atacama Desert at sunset.
    Pretty in pink, the Test-Bed Telescope 2, located at ESOÕs La Silla Observatory in Chile, looks out over the Atacama Desert at sunset. The Moon can be seen rising in the left of the image.

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  • Beauty From Chaos
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    Beauty From Chaos
    Appearing within the boundless darkness of space, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescopevïs snapshot of NGC 34 looks more like an otherworldly, bioluminescent creature from the deep oceans than a galaxy. Lying in the constellation Cetus (The Sea Monster), the galaxyvïs outer region appears almost translucent, pinpricked with stars and strange wispy tendrils. The main cause for this galaxyvïs odd appearance lies in its past. If we were able to reverse time by a few million years, we would see two beautiful spiral galaxies on a direct collision course. When these galaxies collided into one another, their intricate patterns and spiral arms were permanently disturbed. This image shows the galaxy's bright centre, a result of this merging event that has created a burst of new star formation and lit up the surrounding gas. As the galaxies continue to intertwine and become one, NGC 34vïs shape will become more like that of an peculiar galaxy, devoid of any distinct shape.vä In the vastness of space, collisions between galaxies are quite rare events, but they can be numerous in mega-clusters containing hundreds or even thousands of galaxies.

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  • West Indian Day Parade In New York City
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    West Indian Day Parade In New York City
    New York Attorney General Letitia James attends the West Indian Day Parade in Brooklyn, New York, United States, on September 1, 2025. The Justice Department launches a grand jury probe of Letitia James, investigating her for mortgage fraud. (Photo by Kyle Mazza/NurPhoto)

     

  • Bird Takes A Bath In A Lake
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    Bird Takes A Bath In A Lake
    A white ibis preens its feathers after taking a bath in Lake Eola in Orlando, Florida. These wading birds use their long, curved bills to probe in shallow water for insects and small fish. (Photo by Ronen Tivony/NurPhoto)

     

  • Bird Takes A Bath In A Lake
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    Bird Takes A Bath In A Lake
    A white ibis shakes its wings after taking a bath in Lake Eola in Orlando, Florida. These wading birds use their long, curved bills to probe in shallow water for insects and small fish. (Photo by Ronen Tivony/NurPhoto)

     

  • Bird Takes A Bath In A Lake
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    Bird Takes A Bath In A Lake
    A white ibis takes a bath in Lake Eola in Orlando, Florida. These wading birds use their long, curved bills to probe in shallow water for insects and small fish. (Photo by Ronen Tivony/NurPhoto)

     

  • Bird Takes A Bath In A Lake
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    Bird Takes A Bath In A Lake
    A white ibis shakes its wings after taking a bath in Lake Eola in Orlando, Florida. These wading birds use their long, curved bills to probe in shallow water for insects and small fish. (Photo by Ronen Tivony/NurPhoto)

     

  • Oceana
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    Oceana
    Oceana bei der Probe fu¨r den Eurovision Song Contest 2014 Vorentscheid 'Unser Song fu¨r Da¨nemark' in der Lanxess Arena. Ko¨ln, 12.03.2014
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  • Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
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    Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
    History-rich communcation centre in Lizard peninsula will track the rocket using its Merlin antenna.

    Mission control in Houston and the Kennedy Space Center in Florida are the places most closely associated with Nasa’s Artemis 1 moon adventure but a lesser-known spot on a remote heath in the far south-west of Britain is also playing a crucial part.

    When the mission does blast off, hopefully later this week, scientists at Goonhilly Earth Station on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall will help Nasa track the rocket using a giant deep space antenna nicknamed Merlin, and then command six small research satellites that are piggy-backing a ride on Artemis.

    A view of Goonhilly Earth Station in Cornwall. The station will be assisting with Nasa's latest mission to the moon, named Artemis 1. Photo taken on Tuesday 30 August 2022.

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  • Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
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    Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
    History-rich communcation centre in Lizard peninsula will track the rocket using its Merlin antenna.

    Mission control in Houston and the Kennedy Space Center in Florida are the places most closely associated with Nasa’s Artemis 1 moon adventure but a lesser-known spot on a remote heath in the far south-west of Britain is also playing a crucial part.

    When the mission does blast off, hopefully later this week, scientists at Goonhilly Earth Station on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall will help Nasa track the rocket using a giant deep space antenna nicknamed Merlin, and then command six small research satellites that are piggy-backing a ride on Artemis.

    A view of Goonhilly Earth Station in Cornwall. The station will be assisting with Nasa's latest mission to the moon, named Artemis 1. Photo taken on Tuesday 30 August 2022.

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  • Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
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    Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
    History-rich communcation centre in Lizard peninsula will track the rocket using its Merlin antenna.

    Mission control in Houston and the Kennedy Space Center in Florida are the places most closely associated with Nasa’s Artemis 1 moon adventure but a lesser-known spot on a remote heath in the far south-west of Britain is also playing a crucial part.

    When the mission does blast off, hopefully later this week, scientists at Goonhilly Earth Station on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall will help Nasa track the rocket using a giant deep space antenna nicknamed Merlin, and then command six small research satellites that are piggy-backing a ride on Artemis.

    A view of Goonhilly Earth Station in Cornwall. The station will be assisting with Nasa's latest mission to the moon, named Artemis 1. Photo taken on Tuesday 30 August 2022.

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  • Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
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    Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
    History-rich communcation centre in Lizard peninsula will track the rocket using its Merlin antenna.

    Mission control in Houston and the Kennedy Space Center in Florida are the places most closely associated with Nasa’s Artemis 1 moon adventure but a lesser-known spot on a remote heath in the far south-west of Britain is also playing a crucial part.

    When the mission does blast off, hopefully later this week, scientists at Goonhilly Earth Station on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall will help Nasa track the rocket using a giant deep space antenna nicknamed Merlin, and then command six small research satellites that are piggy-backing a ride on Artemis.

    Ian Jones, CEO of Goonhilly, looking around Goonhilly Earth Station in Cornwall. The station will be assisting with Nasa's latest mission to the moon, named Artemis 1. Photo taken on Tuesday 30 August 2022.

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  • Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
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    Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
    History-rich communcation centre in Lizard peninsula will track the rocket using its Merlin antenna.

    Mission control in Houston and the Kennedy Space Center in Florida are the places most closely associated with Nasa’s Artemis 1 moon adventure but a lesser-known spot on a remote heath in the far south-west of Britain is also playing a crucial part.

    When the mission does blast off, hopefully later this week, scientists at Goonhilly Earth Station on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall will help Nasa track the rocket using a giant deep space antenna nicknamed Merlin, and then command six small research satellites that are piggy-backing a ride on Artemis.

    Ian Jones, CEO of Goonhilly, looking around Goonhilly Earth Station in Cornwall. The station will be assisting with Nasa's latest mission to the moon, named Artemis 1. Photo taken on Tuesday 30 August 2022.

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  • Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
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    Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
    History-rich communcation centre in Lizard peninsula will track the rocket using its Merlin antenna.

    Mission control in Houston and the Kennedy Space Center in Florida are the places most closely associated with Nasa’s Artemis 1 moon adventure but a lesser-known spot on a remote heath in the far south-west of Britain is also playing a crucial part.

    When the mission does blast off, hopefully later this week, scientists at Goonhilly Earth Station on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall will help Nasa track the rocket using a giant deep space antenna nicknamed Merlin, and then command six small research satellites that are piggy-backing a ride on Artemis.

    Ian Jones, CEO of Goonhilly, looking around Goonhilly Earth Station in Cornwall. The station will be assisting with Nasa's latest mission to the moon, named Artemis 1. Photo taken on Tuesday 30 August 2022.

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  • Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
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    Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
    History-rich communcation centre in Lizard peninsula will track the rocket using its Merlin antenna.

    Mission control in Houston and the Kennedy Space Center in Florida are the places most closely associated with Nasa’s Artemis 1 moon adventure but a lesser-known spot on a remote heath in the far south-west of Britain is also playing a crucial part.

    When the mission does blast off, hopefully later this week, scientists at Goonhilly Earth Station on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall will help Nasa track the rocket using a giant deep space antenna nicknamed Merlin, and then command six small research satellites that are piggy-backing a ride on Artemis.

    Ian Jones, CEO of Goonhilly, looking around Goonhilly Earth Station in Cornwall. The station will be assisting with Nasa's latest mission to the moon, named Artemis 1. Photo taken on Tuesday 30 August 2022.

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  • Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
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    Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
    History-rich communcation centre in Lizard peninsula will track the rocket using its Merlin antenna.

    Mission control in Houston and the Kennedy Space Center in Florida are the places most closely associated with Nasa’s Artemis 1 moon adventure but a lesser-known spot on a remote heath in the far south-west of Britain is also playing a crucial part.

    When the mission does blast off, hopefully later this week, scientists at Goonhilly Earth Station on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall will help Nasa track the rocket using a giant deep space antenna nicknamed Merlin, and then command six small research satellites that are piggy-backing a ride on Artemis.

    Ian Jones, CEO of Goonhilly, looking around Goonhilly Earth Station in Cornwall. The station will be assisting with Nasa's latest mission to the moon, named Artemis 1. Photo taken on Tuesday 30 August 2022.

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  • Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
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    Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
    History-rich communcation centre in Lizard peninsula will track the rocket using its Merlin antenna.

    Mission control in Houston and the Kennedy Space Center in Florida are the places most closely associated with Nasa’s Artemis 1 moon adventure but a lesser-known spot on a remote heath in the far south-west of Britain is also playing a crucial part.

    When the mission does blast off, hopefully later this week, scientists at Goonhilly Earth Station on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall will help Nasa track the rocket using a giant deep space antenna nicknamed Merlin, and then command six small research satellites that are piggy-backing a ride on Artemis.

    Kevin Wilkes, pictured at Goonhilly Earth Station in Cornwall. The station will be assisting with Nasa's latest mission to the moon, named Artemis 1. Photo taken on Tuesday 30 August 2022.

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  • Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
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    Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
    History-rich communcation centre in Lizard peninsula will track the rocket using its Merlin antenna.

    Mission control in Houston and the Kennedy Space Center in Florida are the places most closely associated with Nasa’s Artemis 1 moon adventure but a lesser-known spot on a remote heath in the far south-west of Britain is also playing a crucial part.

    When the mission does blast off, hopefully later this week, scientists at Goonhilly Earth Station on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall will help Nasa track the rocket using a giant deep space antenna nicknamed Merlin, and then command six small research satellites that are piggy-backing a ride on Artemis.

    A picture of the TV screens in the control room at Goonhilly Earth Station in Cornwall. The station will be assisting with Nasa's latest mission to the moon, named Artemis 1. Photo taken on Tuesday 30 August 2022.

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  • Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
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    Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
    History-rich communcation centre in Lizard peninsula will track the rocket using its Merlin antenna.

    Mission control in Houston and the Kennedy Space Center in Florida are the places most closely associated with Nasa’s Artemis 1 moon adventure but a lesser-known spot on a remote heath in the far south-west of Britain is also playing a crucial part.

    When the mission does blast off, hopefully later this week, scientists at Goonhilly Earth Station on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall will help Nasa track the rocket using a giant deep space antenna nicknamed Merlin, and then command six small research satellites that are piggy-backing a ride on Artemis.

    Beth Sheppard, pictured in the control room at Goonhilly Earth Station in Cornwall. The station will be assisting with Nasa's latest mission to the moon, named Artemis 1. Photo taken on Tuesday 30 August 2022.

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  • Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
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    Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
    History-rich communcation centre in Lizard peninsula will track the rocket using its Merlin antenna.

    Mission control in Houston and the Kennedy Space Center in Florida are the places most closely associated with Nasa’s Artemis 1 moon adventure but a lesser-known spot on a remote heath in the far south-west of Britain is also playing a crucial part.

    When the mission does blast off, hopefully later this week, scientists at Goonhilly Earth Station on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall will help Nasa track the rocket using a giant deep space antenna nicknamed Merlin, and then command six small research satellites that are piggy-backing a ride on Artemis.

    Beth Sheppard, pictured in the control room at Goonhilly Earth Station in Cornwall. The station will be assisting with Nasa's latest mission to the moon, named Artemis 1. Photo taken on Tuesday 30 August 2022.

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  • Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
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    Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
    History-rich communcation centre in Lizard peninsula will track the rocket using its Merlin antenna.

    Mission control in Houston and the Kennedy Space Center in Florida are the places most closely associated with Nasa’s Artemis 1 moon adventure but a lesser-known spot on a remote heath in the far south-west of Britain is also playing a crucial part.

    When the mission does blast off, hopefully later this week, scientists at Goonhilly Earth Station on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall will help Nasa track the rocket using a giant deep space antenna nicknamed Merlin, and then command six small research satellites that are piggy-backing a ride on Artemis.

    Beth Sheppard, pictured in the control room at Goonhilly Earth Station in Cornwall. The station will be assisting with Nasa's latest mission to the moon, named Artemis 1. Photo taken on Tuesday 30 August 2022.

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  • Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
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    Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
    History-rich communcation centre in Lizard peninsula will track the rocket using its Merlin antenna.

    Mission control in Houston and the Kennedy Space Center in Florida are the places most closely associated with Nasa’s Artemis 1 moon adventure but a lesser-known spot on a remote heath in the far south-west of Britain is also playing a crucial part.

    When the mission does blast off, hopefully later this week, scientists at Goonhilly Earth Station on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall will help Nasa track the rocket using a giant deep space antenna nicknamed Merlin, and then command six small research satellites that are piggy-backing a ride on Artemis.

    Beth Sheppard, pictured in the control room at Goonhilly Earth Station in Cornwall. The station will be assisting with Nasa's latest mission to the moon, named Artemis 1. Photo taken on Tuesday 30 August 2022.

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  • Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
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    Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
    History-rich communcation centre in Lizard peninsula will track the rocket using its Merlin antenna.

    Mission control in Houston and the Kennedy Space Center in Florida are the places most closely associated with Nasa’s Artemis 1 moon adventure but a lesser-known spot on a remote heath in the far south-west of Britain is also playing a crucial part.

    When the mission does blast off, hopefully later this week, scientists at Goonhilly Earth Station on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall will help Nasa track the rocket using a giant deep space antenna nicknamed Merlin, and then command six small research satellites that are piggy-backing a ride on Artemis.

    Beth Sheppard, pictured in the control room at Goonhilly Earth Station in Cornwall. The station will be assisting with Nasa's latest mission to the moon, named Artemis 1. Photo taken on Tuesday 30 August 2022.

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  • Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
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    Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
    History-rich communcation centre in Lizard peninsula will track the rocket using its Merlin antenna.

    Mission control in Houston and the Kennedy Space Center in Florida are the places most closely associated with Nasa’s Artemis 1 moon adventure but a lesser-known spot on a remote heath in the far south-west of Britain is also playing a crucial part.

    When the mission does blast off, hopefully later this week, scientists at Goonhilly Earth Station on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall will help Nasa track the rocket using a giant deep space antenna nicknamed Merlin, and then command six small research satellites that are piggy-backing a ride on Artemis.

    Beth Sheppard, pictured in the control room at Goonhilly Earth Station in Cornwall. The station will be assisting with Nasa's latest mission to the moon, named Artemis 1. Photo taken on Tuesday 30 August 2022.

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  • Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
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    Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
    History-rich communcation centre in Lizard peninsula will track the rocket using its Merlin antenna.

    Mission control in Houston and the Kennedy Space Center in Florida are the places most closely associated with Nasa’s Artemis 1 moon adventure but a lesser-known spot on a remote heath in the far south-west of Britain is also playing a crucial part.

    When the mission does blast off, hopefully later this week, scientists at Goonhilly Earth Station on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall will help Nasa track the rocket using a giant deep space antenna nicknamed Merlin, and then command six small research satellites that are piggy-backing a ride on Artemis.

    Beth Sheppard, pictured in the control room at Goonhilly Earth Station in Cornwall. The station will be assisting with Nasa's latest mission to the moon, named Artemis 1. Photo taken on Tuesday 30 August 2022.

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  • Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
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    Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
    History-rich communcation centre in Lizard peninsula will track the rocket using its Merlin antenna.

    Mission control in Houston and the Kennedy Space Center in Florida are the places most closely associated with Nasa’s Artemis 1 moon adventure but a lesser-known spot on a remote heath in the far south-west of Britain is also playing a crucial part.

    When the mission does blast off, hopefully later this week, scientists at Goonhilly Earth Station on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall will help Nasa track the rocket using a giant deep space antenna nicknamed Merlin, and then command six small research satellites that are piggy-backing a ride on Artemis.

    Beth Sheppard, pictured in the control room at Goonhilly Earth Station in Cornwall. The station will be assisting with Nasa's latest mission to the moon, named Artemis 1. Photo taken on Tuesday 30 August 2022.

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  • Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
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    Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
    History-rich communcation centre in Lizard peninsula will track the rocket using its Merlin antenna.

    Mission control in Houston and the Kennedy Space Center in Florida are the places most closely associated with Nasa’s Artemis 1 moon adventure but a lesser-known spot on a remote heath in the far south-west of Britain is also playing a crucial part.

    When the mission does blast off, hopefully later this week, scientists at Goonhilly Earth Station on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall will help Nasa track the rocket using a giant deep space antenna nicknamed Merlin, and then command six small research satellites that are piggy-backing a ride on Artemis.

    Beth Sheppard, pictured in the control room at Goonhilly Earth Station in Cornwall. The station will be assisting with Nasa's latest mission to the moon, named Artemis 1. Photo taken on Tuesday 30 August 2022.

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  • Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
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    Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
    History-rich communcation centre in Lizard peninsula will track the rocket using its Merlin antenna.

    Mission control in Houston and the Kennedy Space Center in Florida are the places most closely associated with Nasa’s Artemis 1 moon adventure but a lesser-known spot on a remote heath in the far south-west of Britain is also playing a crucial part.

    When the mission does blast off, hopefully later this week, scientists at Goonhilly Earth Station on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall will help Nasa track the rocket using a giant deep space antenna nicknamed Merlin, and then command six small research satellites that are piggy-backing a ride on Artemis.

    Beth Sheppard, pictured in the control room at Goonhilly Earth Station in Cornwall. The station will be assisting with Nasa's latest mission to the moon, named Artemis 1. Photo taken on Tuesday 30 August 2022.

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  • PEOPLE - ESC 2022: Marius Bear bei den Proben zum ersten Halbfinal
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    PEOPLE - ESC 2022: Marius Bear bei den Proben zum ersten Halbfinal
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    Eurovision Song Contest 2022, Prove generali prima semifinale.
    Nella foto: Marius Bear
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    May 09, 2022 Torino, Italy
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    Eurovision Song Contest 2022, dress rehearsals.
    In the pic: Marius Bear

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  • It’s literally slower than watching Australia drift north’: the laboratory experiment that will outlive us all
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    It’s literally slower than watching Australia drift north’: the laboratory experiment that will outlive us all
    For more than 90 years, a funnel of pitch in Brisbane has been slowly dripping into a beaker. Nine drops have fallen, now the long wait for the tenth is on.

    The pitch drop experiment was first set up by Mainstone's predecessor Thomas Parnell in 1927. Parnell heated and liquefied some pitch, poured it into a sealed funnel, and set it over the beaker inside a large bell jar. In 1930, he cut the stem of the funnel – and waited.
    Nearly a century later, the original experiment - which has become the longest running laboratory experiment in the world – stands in the foyer of the physics building in the Great Court. The jar is set inside a protective plastic cube, with an analogue Casio desk clock observing each moment as students and staff wander past. The funnel is held aloft by a brass tripod; at the bottom, a shiny black balloon of pitch hovers above the empty beaker.

    On a Friday afternoon in April 1979, John Mainstone, a physics professor at the University of Queensland, rang his wife at home. He wouldn’t be back that evening, he told her. For the previous 18 years, Mainstone had looked after the pitch drop experiment, a long-form demonstration of the extreme viscosity of pitch. For the first time since August 1970, the pitch was about to drip from its funnel, and Mainstone didn’t want to miss it.

    Recognised by the Guiness Book of Records as the longest running scientific experiment in the world. The first Professor of Physics at the University of Queensland, Professor Thomas Parnell, began the experiment in 1927. In the more than 80 years that the pitch has been dripping no-one has ever seen the drop fall. There is now a live video feed accessible via the website. The third custodian of the Pitch Drop Experiment is Prof. Andrew White. Brisbane. Australia.

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  • It’s literally slower than watching Australia drift north’: the laboratory experiment that will outlive us all
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    It’s literally slower than watching Australia drift north’: the laboratory experiment that will outlive us all
    For more than 90 years, a funnel of pitch in Brisbane has been slowly dripping into a beaker. Nine drops have fallen, now the long wait for the tenth is on.

    The pitch drop experiment was first set up by Mainstone's predecessor Thomas Parnell in 1927. Parnell heated and liquefied some pitch, poured it into a sealed funnel, and set it over the beaker inside a large bell jar. In 1930, he cut the stem of the funnel – and waited.
    Nearly a century later, the original experiment - which has become the longest running laboratory experiment in the world – stands in the foyer of the physics building in the Great Court. The jar is set inside a protective plastic cube, with an analogue Casio desk clock observing each moment as students and staff wander past. The funnel is held aloft by a brass tripod; at the bottom, a shiny black balloon of pitch hovers above the empty beaker.

    On a Friday afternoon in April 1979, John Mainstone, a physics professor at the University of Queensland, rang his wife at home. He wouldn’t be back that evening, he told her. For the previous 18 years, Mainstone had looked after the pitch drop experiment, a long-form demonstration of the extreme viscosity of pitch. For the first time since August 1970, the pitch was about to drip from its funnel, and Mainstone didn’t want to miss it.

    Recognised by the Guiness Book of Records as the longest running scientific experiment in the world. The first Professor of Physics at the University of Queensland, Professor Thomas Parnell, began the experiment in 1927. In the more than 80 years that the pitch has been dripping no-one has ever seen the drop fall. There is now a live video feed accessible via the website. The third custodian of the Pitch Drop Experiment is Prof. Andrew White. Brisbane. Australia.

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  • It’s literally slower than watching Australia drift north’: the laboratory experiment that will outlive us all
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    It’s literally slower than watching Australia drift north’: the laboratory experiment that will outlive us all
    For more than 90 years, a funnel of pitch in Brisbane has been slowly dripping into a beaker. Nine drops have fallen, now the long wait for the tenth is on.

    The pitch drop experiment was first set up by Mainstone's predecessor Thomas Parnell in 1927. Parnell heated and liquefied some pitch, poured it into a sealed funnel, and set it over the beaker inside a large bell jar. In 1930, he cut the stem of the funnel – and waited.
    Nearly a century later, the original experiment - which has become the longest running laboratory experiment in the world – stands in the foyer of the physics building in the Great Court. The jar is set inside a protective plastic cube, with an analogue Casio desk clock observing each moment as students and staff wander past. The funnel is held aloft by a brass tripod; at the bottom, a shiny black balloon of pitch hovers above the empty beaker.

    On a Friday afternoon in April 1979, John Mainstone, a physics professor at the University of Queensland, rang his wife at home. He wouldn’t be back that evening, he told her. For the previous 18 years, Mainstone had looked after the pitch drop experiment, a long-form demonstration of the extreme viscosity of pitch. For the first time since August 1970, the pitch was about to drip from its funnel, and Mainstone didn’t want to miss it.

    Recognised by the Guiness Book of Records as the longest running scientific experiment in the world. The first Professor of Physics at the University of Queensland, Professor Thomas Parnell, began the experiment in 1927. In the more than 80 years that the pitch has been dripping no-one has ever seen the drop fall. There is now a live video feed accessible via the website. The third custodian of the Pitch Drop Experiment is Prof. Andrew White. Brisbane. Australia.

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  • It’s literally slower than watching Australia drift north’: the laboratory experiment that will outlive us all
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    It’s literally slower than watching Australia drift north’: the laboratory experiment that will outlive us all
    For more than 90 years, a funnel of pitch in Brisbane has been slowly dripping into a beaker. Nine drops have fallen, now the long wait for the tenth is on.

    The pitch drop experiment was first set up by Mainstone's predecessor Thomas Parnell in 1927. Parnell heated and liquefied some pitch, poured it into a sealed funnel, and set it over the beaker inside a large bell jar. In 1930, he cut the stem of the funnel – and waited.
    Nearly a century later, the original experiment - which has become the longest running laboratory experiment in the world – stands in the foyer of the physics building in the Great Court. The jar is set inside a protective plastic cube, with an analogue Casio desk clock observing each moment as students and staff wander past. The funnel is held aloft by a brass tripod; at the bottom, a shiny black balloon of pitch hovers above the empty beaker.

    On a Friday afternoon in April 1979, John Mainstone, a physics professor at the University of Queensland, rang his wife at home. He wouldn’t be back that evening, he told her. For the previous 18 years, Mainstone had looked after the pitch drop experiment, a long-form demonstration of the extreme viscosity of pitch. For the first time since August 1970, the pitch was about to drip from its funnel, and Mainstone didn’t want to miss it.

    Recognised by the Guiness Book of Records as the longest running scientific experiment in the world. The first Professor of Physics at the University of Queensland, Professor Thomas Parnell, began the experiment in 1927. In the more than 80 years that the pitch has been dripping no-one has ever seen the drop fall. There is now a live video feed accessible via the website. The third custodian of the Pitch Drop Experiment is Prof. Andrew White. Brisbane. Australia.

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  • PEOPLE - Dieter Hallervorden bei Fotoprobe des Theaterstücks "Der König stirbt" in Berlin
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    PEOPLE - Dieter Hallervorden bei Fotoprobe des Theaterstücks "Der König stirbt" in Berlin
    Dieter Hallervorden bei der Fotoprobe des Theaterstücks 'Der König stirbt' im Schlossparktheater. Berlin, 16.03.2022 *** Local Caption *** 38355189
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  • PEOPLE - Dieter Hallervorden bei Fotoprobe des Theaterstücks "Der König stirbt" in Berlin
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    PEOPLE - Dieter Hallervorden bei Fotoprobe des Theaterstücks "Der König stirbt" in Berlin
    Dieter Hallervorden bei der Fotoprobe des Theaterstücks 'Der König stirbt' im Schlossparktheater. Berlin, 16.03.2022 *** Local Caption *** 38355212
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  • PEOPLE - Dieter Hallervorden bei Fotoprobe des Theaterstücks "Der König stirbt" in Berlin
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    PEOPLE - Dieter Hallervorden bei Fotoprobe des Theaterstücks "Der König stirbt" in Berlin
    Annika Martens und Dieter Hallervorden bei der Fotoprobe des Theaterstücks 'Der König stirbt' im Schlossparktheater. Berlin, 16.03.2022 *** Local Caption *** 38355209
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  • PEOPLE - Dieter Hallervorden bei Fotoprobe des Theaterstücks "Der König stirbt" in Berlin
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    PEOPLE - Dieter Hallervorden bei Fotoprobe des Theaterstücks "Der König stirbt" in Berlin
    Annika Martens, Dieter Hallervorden und Christiane Zander bei der Fotoprobe des Theaterstücks 'Der König stirbt' im Schlossparktheater. Berlin, 16.03.2022 *** Local Caption *** 38355207
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  • PEOPLE - Dieter Hallervorden bei Fotoprobe des Theaterstücks "Der König stirbt" in Berlin
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    PEOPLE - Dieter Hallervorden bei Fotoprobe des Theaterstücks "Der König stirbt" in Berlin
    Georgios Tsivanoglou und Dieter Hallervorden bei der Fotoprobe des Theaterstücks 'Der König stirbt' im Schlossparktheater. Berlin, 16.03.2022 *** Local Caption *** 38355198
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  • PEOPLE - Dieter Hallervorden bei Fotoprobe des Theaterstücks "Der König stirbt" in Berlin
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    PEOPLE - Dieter Hallervorden bei Fotoprobe des Theaterstücks "Der König stirbt" in Berlin
    Christiane Zander, Dieter Hallervorden und Georgios Tsivanoglou bei der Fotoprobe des Theaterstücks 'Der König stirbt' im Schlossparktheater. Berlin, 16.03.2022 *** Local Caption *** 38355214
    (c) Dukas

     

  • PEOPLE - Dieter Hallervorden bei Fotoprobe des Theaterstücks "Der König stirbt" in Berlin
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    PEOPLE - Dieter Hallervorden bei Fotoprobe des Theaterstücks "Der König stirbt" in Berlin
    Dieter Hallervorden bei der Fotoprobe des Theaterstücks 'Der König stirbt' im Schlossparktheater. Berlin, 16.03.2022 *** Local Caption *** 38355205
    (c) Dukas

     

  • PEOPLE - Dieter Hallervorden bei Fotoprobe des Theaterstücks "Der König stirbt" in Berlin
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    PEOPLE - Dieter Hallervorden bei Fotoprobe des Theaterstücks "Der König stirbt" in Berlin
    Dieter Hallervorden bei der Fotoprobe des Theaterstücks 'Der König stirbt' im Schlossparktheater. Berlin, 16.03.2022 *** Local Caption *** 38355210
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  • PEOPLE - Dieter Hallervorden bei Fotoprobe des Theaterstücks "Der König stirbt" in Berlin
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    PEOPLE - Dieter Hallervorden bei Fotoprobe des Theaterstücks "Der König stirbt" in Berlin
    Dieter Hallervorden bei der Fotoprobe des Theaterstücks 'Der König stirbt' im Schlossparktheater. Berlin, 16.03.2022 *** Local Caption *** 38355192
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  • PEOPLE - Dieter Hallervorden bei Fotoprobe des Theaterstücks "Der König stirbt" in Berlin
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    PEOPLE - Dieter Hallervorden bei Fotoprobe des Theaterstücks "Der König stirbt" in Berlin
    Dieter Hallervorden bei der Fotoprobe des Theaterstücks 'Der König stirbt' im Schlossparktheater. Berlin, 16.03.2022 *** Local Caption *** 38355203
    (c) Dukas

     

  • PEOPLE - Dieter Hallervorden bei Fotoprobe des Theaterstücks "Der König stirbt" in Berlin
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    PEOPLE - Dieter Hallervorden bei Fotoprobe des Theaterstücks "Der König stirbt" in Berlin
    Christiane Zander und Dieter Hallervorden bei der Fotoprobe des Theaterstücks 'Der König stirbt' im Schlossparktheater. Berlin, 16.03.2022 *** Local Caption *** 38355213
    (c) Dukas

     

  • PEOPLE - Dieter Hallervorden bei Fotoprobe des Theaterstücks "Der König stirbt" in Berlin
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    PEOPLE - Dieter Hallervorden bei Fotoprobe des Theaterstücks "Der König stirbt" in Berlin
    Annika Martens und Dieter Hallervorden bei der Fotoprobe des Theaterstücks 'Der König stirbt' im Schlossparktheater. Berlin, 16.03.2022 *** Local Caption *** 38355197
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  • Sail of stars
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    Sail of stars
    The spiral arms of the galaxy NGC 3318 are lazily draped across this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. This spiral galaxy lies in the constellation Vela and is roughly 115 light-years away from Earth. Vela was originally part of a far larger constellation, known as Argo Navis after the fabled ship Argo from Greek mythology, but this unwieldy constellation proved to be impractically large. Argo Navis was split into three separate parts called Carnina, Puppis, and Vela — each named after part of the Argo. As befits a galaxy in a nautically inspired constellation, the outer edges of NGC 3318 almost resemble a ship’s sails billowing in a gentle breeze.

    Despite its placid appearance, NGC 3318 has played host to a spectacularly violent astronomical phenomenon, a titanic supernova first detected by an amateur astronomer in 2000. Thanks to NGC 3318’s distance from Earth, the original supernova must have taken place in or around 1885. Coincidentally, this was the year in which the only supernova ever to be detected in our neighbouring galaxy Andromeda was witnessed by 19th-century astronomers.

    Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, ESO, R. J. Foley; CC BY 4.0 Acknowledgement: R. Colombari / eyevine

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  • Red velvet Mars
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    Red velvet Mars
    Red velvet Mars.
    Like a sprinkle of powdered sugar on a rich red velvet cake, this scene from the ESA/Roscosmos ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter captures the contrasting colours of bright white water-ice against the rusty red martian soil.

    This delightful image was taken 5 July 2021 and soaks in the view of a 4 km-wide crater in MarsÕ north polar region of Vastitas Borealis, centred at 70.6 ¡N/230.3¡E.

    The crater is partially filled with water ice, which is also particularly predominant on its north-facing slopes that receive fewer hours of sunlight on average throughout the year.

    The dark material clearly visible on the crater rim Ð giving it a somewhat scorched appearance Ð likely consists of volcanic materials such as basalt.

    Most of the surrounding terrain is ice free, but has been shaped by ongoing aeolian processes. The streaks at the bottom right of the image are formed by winds that have removed the brighter iron oxide dust from the surface, exposing a slightly darker underlying substrate.

    TGO arrived at Mars in 2016 and began its full science mission in 2018. The spacecraft is not only returning spectacular images, but also providing the best ever inventory of the planetÕs atmospheric gases, and mapping the planetÕs surface for water-rich locations. It will also provide data relay services for the second ExoMars mission comprising the Rosalind Franklin rover and Kazachok platform, when it arrives on Mars in 2023.Credit: ESA / eyevine

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  • Webb liftoff on Ariane 5
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    Webb liftoff on Ariane 5
    Webb liftoff on Ariane 5.
    The James Webb Space Telescope lifted off on an Ariane 5 rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, at 13:20 CET on 25 December on its exciting mission to unlock the secrets of the Universe.

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  • Galileo satellites 27-28 liftoff
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    Galileo satellites 27-28 liftoff
    Galileo satellites 27 – 28 lifted off by Soyuz launcher VS26 from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana at 01:19 CET on 5 December (4 December at 21:19 local Kourou time).

    Credit: S MARTIN/ESA/CNES/Arianespace/Optique Vidéo du CSG / eyevine

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  • Mini-jet found near milky way’s supermassive black hole
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    Mini-jet found near milky way’s supermassive black hole
    Hubble has found circumstantial evidence that the black hole is still smoldering long after the earlier outburst. Hubble astronomers' evidence is like doing an archeological dig to try and peer through the interstellar pollution of dense sheets of dust and gas between Earth and the galactic center, 27,000 light-years away. Hubble photographed a bright knot of gas that has been impacted by an invisible jet from the black hole, that is merely 15 light-years from it. The black hole must have shown brilliantly billions of years ago as a quasar (quasi-stellar object), when our young galaxy was feeding on lots of infalling gas. But after all this time the black hole still goes through fits and starts, and is not ready for napping as long as there is a snack around.

    This image presents a composite view of X-rays, molecular gas, and warm ionized gas near the galactic center. The graphic of a translucent, vertical white fan is added to show the suggested axis of a mini-jet from the supermassive black hole at the galaxy’s heart. The orange-colored features are of glowing hydrogen gas. One such feature, at the top tip of the jet is interpreted as a hydrogen cloud that has been hit by the outflowing jet. The jet scatters off the cloud into tendrils that flow northward. Farther down near the black hole are X-ray observations of superheated gas colored blue and molecular gas in green. These data are evidence that the black hole occasionally accretes stars or gas clouds, and ejects some of the superheated material along its spin axis.

    Credit: NASA, ESA, Gerald Cecil (UNC-Chapel Hill), J. DePasquale (STScI); CC BY 4.0 / eyevine

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