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Planet Mars
No other planet has been studied as closely as Mars - but what do we know about the Red Planet? And could humans ever live there?
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Luke Foxe North-West Passage expedition 1631
Explorer Luke Foxe led an expedition to search for the North-West Passage in 1631. He set out at the same time as rival explorer Thomas James.
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Martin Frobisher North-West Passage expedition 1576–78
In 1576 Martin Frobisher was the first English explorer to search for the North-West Passage – the seaway linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
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Roald Amundsen North-West Passage expedition 1903–06
Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen was the first man who successfully navigated the North-West Passage by boat, on a voyage that lasted from 1903 to 1906.
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Robert McClure North-West Passage expedition 1850–54
In 1854 Robert McClure was credited as the first man to navigate the North-West Passage - although much of his journey was over ice, rather than water.
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Samuel Hearne North-West Passage expedition 1770–72
Samuel Hearne journeyed overland to search for the North-West Passage in 1770. He was the first man to walk from Hudson Bay to the Arctic Ocean.
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What is the transit of Mercury?
The last transit of Mercury took place on 11 November 2019. Find out more about the science behind this extremely rare astronomical event
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Planet Neptune
The planet Neptune is the furthest planet from the Sun and is orbited by Triton.
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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?