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The Annie Maunder Open Category
Learn more about the special prize in ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year, and see if you have what it takes to enter this unique category
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How do we know how old the Sun is?
ROG astronomer Brendan explains how we determine the age of our Solar System from space rocks and how we can work out how long the Sun has left before it engulfs the inner planets.
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Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) Mission: All you need to know
How habitable are Jupiter's icy moons? Why is the Solar System's largest moon so unique? How did Jupiter, and other gas giant planets, form? Find out how the European Space Agency's groundbreaking JUICE mission will answer these questions and more.
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Near Earth Objects (NEOs) and near misses
What's out there in space lurking close to the Earth and is it going to hit us? Learn more about near-Earth objects and what the impact they could have
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Interesting facts about Venus
Did you know that Venus is upside down? Expand your mind with these top eight facts about Venus, the planet.
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What is Gravity?
From Newton’s longstanding ideas to Einstein’s revolutionary theories, Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomers explain how our understanding of gravity has changed from looking at how gravity affects us in our daily lives and how it governs what we observe in space.