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Caroline Harper Greenfinch £30 ∙ HB The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) took around 20,000 people NASA/ESA/CSA/STSC/ALBERTO BOLATTO (UMD), GETTY 25 years to design and build. It's the largest telescope ever launched into space, weighing over six to
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The Spirit of The Eclipse
As the glow of the Sun's corona cast down on me, I looked around and saw the joy on everyone's faces. We were transfixed by something familiar, looking unfamiliar. What should've been there, seemed not to be there – the only clue the Sun gave away wa
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Anita Chandran interviews Dr Robert Clayton Q&A WITH AN ECLIPSE INVESTIGATOR
What happens to Earth's atmosphere during a solar eclipse? During an eclipse, the Sun is obscured by the Moon as it passes in front of Earth. The Sun is a source of a lot of Earth's energy. When the Moon obscures that, it's like shutting off Earth's

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