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Dawn at Vesta

Posted on July 15, 2011 by
This image of Vesta was taken from a distance 41,000 km away by the Dawn spacecraft on 9th July, 2011.

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As dawn is breaking on the UK tomorrow the Dawn spacecraft will have begun its year-long orbit of the asteroid Vesta. Data will start being gathered in August. Dawn is a ground-breaking mission, the first to orbit a main-belt asteroid … Continue reading →

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Noble Gases

Posted on April 11, 2011 by
Periodic Table. Image courtesy of NASA (www.nasa.gov)

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What are noble gases? Why are we interested in them? And what do they tell us about how the earth and solar system formed? Helium, neon, argon, krypton and xenon. These gases are very rare on Earth and in meteorites. … Continue reading →

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