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Search for the Northwest Passage
For over 300 years explorers risked their lives to search the Arctic for a route between the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans
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Orbits
Satellites orbit planets, which orbit the Sun, which in turn orbits the centre of the Milky Way. But why?
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Thomas Button North-West Passage expedition 1612–13
In 1612, explorer Thomas Button sailed in two ships, Resolution and the Discovery, in search of the North-West Passage.
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Thomas James North-West Passage expedition 1631–32
Thomas James's 1631 voyage to find the North-West Passage became famous thanks to his memoir, The Strange and Dangerous Voyage of Captain Thomas James (1633).
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The origin of the Solar System
How did the Sun, planets and moons in the Solar System form? There is a surprising amount of debate and several strong and competing theories, but do scientists have an answer?
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William Baffin and Robert Bylot North-West Passage expedition 1615-16
In 1615, William Baffin and Robert Bylot searched for the North-West Passage. Baffin pioneered new techniques for calculating longitude.
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Why was Apollo called Apollo? | The history of spacecraft call signs
Used for communication in crewed spaceflights, spacecraft call signs have interesting histories.
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The strange things humans have left on the Moon
The story of how we got humans to the Moon is a well-documented one. But what about after we leave the lunar surface - what is left behind?
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Why do pirates say 'arr'?
Every year we celebrate International Talk Like a Pirate Day. But did pirates really say and do the things we think they did?