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Space News Update August 2019 – Exoplanets with TESS & Hubble

Rhiannon Williams 2019-08-10

This time spacefans, we’re all about exoplanets as TESS has its first birthday. TESS FINDS SEVERAL NEW WORLDS The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite is celebrating its first year in operation in style by finding several new planets in different systems….

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Space News Update July 2019—Titan, Tess, and 50 Years

Rhiannon Williams 2019-07-20

Happy Anniversary, spacefans! This time, we have a new mission to Titan, Tess finds tiny exoplanet and NASA celebrates 50 years since we first went to the Moon, DRAGONFLY MISSION TO TITAN ANNOUCED BY NASA TO SEARCH FOR LIFE Called…

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Space News Update June 2019—Martian Oceans, The Neptune Desert, and Boarding For Mars

Rhiannon Williams 2019-06-02

This time spacefans we’re spending some time on Mars and puzzling over a forbidden planet! DID DUST STORMS DESTROY MARS’ OCEANS? Dust is a pest everywhere, but a particular pest on Mars, where the entire planet can be blotted from…

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Space News Update February 2019

Rhiannon Williams 2019-02-02

This time spacefans we’re mixing it up a little as I’m snowed in and because I damn well feel like it! As many of you know, I’m an astrobiologist and hunting aliens is what I do, but I’ve never really…

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Space News Update—January 2019

Rhiannon Williams 2019-01-05

It’s been a busy month spacefans! I hope that you’ve all readjusted back to normality, can remember what day it is and that mince pies and prosecco are no longer acceptable for breakfast. This time we have the latest New…

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Space News Update December 2018—InSight Lands on Mars

Rhiannon Williams 2018-12-01

Its been a very exciting time lately spacefans! I hope all my US spacepeeps are over the turkey coma as this time we’re all about Mars! Insight Arrives Safely on Mars! I don’t know about you, but I for one…

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Space News Update: November 2018—Kepler And Dawn Missions End, BepiColumbo Begins

Rhiannon Williams 2018-11-03

This time spacefans, we say farewell to two old friends, say hi to a possible exomoon, and arrive at Mercury! So Long Kepler And Thanks For All The Exoplanets Launched in 2009 after nine years of operation, the stunningly successful…

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Space News Update September 2018 – Ice on the Moon, Water on Jupiter

Rhiannon Williams 2018-09-01

It’s been a busy time lately spacefans! I hope you all had a chance to view the Geminid meteor shower and take a look at Mars close up. This time we’re taking a short trip around the neighborhood. CONFIRMED ICE…

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Space News Update August 2018: Lake on Mars, and Space Telescopes

Rhiannon Williams 2018-08-04

It’s been another busy month spacefans. After last month’s revelations around Enceladus, which never fails to entertain, Mars has of course provide even more fun news and where the heck is our new space telescope? SUBSURFACE LAKE DISCOVERED ON MARS…

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Space News Update July 2018: Organic Enceladus!

Rhiannon Williams 2018-07-07

Its been a busy month spacefans,  the now finished Cassini mission continues to deliver, we celebrate the birth of a cute baby planet, and there are some treats ahead if you like gazing at the sky! COMPLEX ORGANIC MOLECULES FOUND…

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Space News May 2018

Rhiannon Williams 2018-05-12

This time spacefans, we’re celbrating the successful launch of NASA’s InSight mission, a long awaited return to the Moon, and rocks where they shouldn’t be! INSIGHT SAFELY LAUNCHED On May 5th 2018, the InSight lander successfully launched from Vandenberg Air…

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Space News Update April 2018

Rhiannon Williams 2018-04-07

This time space fans, we have the Kepler replacement mission, Marsquakes, missing matter and a very distant star! TESS TO LAUNCH APRIL 16—JUST IN TIME TO TAKE OVER FROM KEPLER The newest exoplanet hunter is due to launch from Florida…

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Space News Update – February 2018

Rhiannon Williams 2018-02-10

Technical difficulties may have pushed things back a week, but never fear, we’re still here and are able to include the Falcon Heavy launch while it’s still fresh, so every cloud etc.. So this time space fans we have some…

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Space News Update – November 2017

Rhiannon Williams 2017-11-05

This time spacefans we’re doing a jigsaw puzzle with the young Mars and the young Earth to help us see beneath… MARS MAY WELL HAVE HAD THE SAME OCEANS AS THE EARLY EARTH Deep sea hydrothermal vents have long been…