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Galaxies

February 3, 2021February 24, 2021 milesDeep Space

Every star in the sky could show us the location of another solar system just like ours. Nearly all the stars you can see at night – if you just use your eyes, not a telescope – are in the…

Dark Matter

February 3, 2021April 29, 2022 milesDeep Space

Dark Matter makes up about 25% of the Universe, but we can’t see it or feel it (or hear it or anything it!) We can only tell it’s there by its effect on other things due to its gravity. And…

Black holes

February 3, 2021September 22, 2021 milesDeep Space

Tanno and Iguda’s postcard from the centre of galaxy M87 showed the first time we’ve ever taken an image of a black hole. Astronomers believe most galaxies have a supermassive black hole at the centre. This photo shows how the…

Distant Universe, Early Universe

February 3, 2021September 23, 2021 milesDeep Space

Tanno and Iguda accidentally got launched to the far end of the Universe. The light from these places takes so long to reach Earth, that when telescopes look at really distant galaxies, we are looking back in time. Tanno and…

Author Workshop

February 1, 2021January 4, 2022 milesUncategorized

A three hour PosctardsFromSpace Author Workshop is available, free of charge, to all schools purchasing the full schools package (schools will need to cover travel expenses). Delivered in-person by Miles Hudson, physics education expert. The workshop can adapted for students…

Uranus

November 11, 2020April 5, 2021 milesPlanets

This is an image of the planet Uranus taken by the spacecraft Voyager 2 in 1986, processed to look just like it would to human eyes. Voyager 2 is the only space mission to visit Uranus. It passed at a…

Neptune

November 11, 2020April 5, 2022 milesPlanets

Neptune is the furthest planet from the Sun, more than 30 times further away than the Earth. This photograph of Neptune was made from two images taken by the space probe Voyager 2. You can see the Great Dark Spot,…

Asteroids

November 10, 2020February 22, 2021 milesPlanets

Our solar system has over a million asteroids. These are rocky lumps that orbit the sun. They’re too small to be planets, but are sometimes called ‘minor planets’. Most asteroids are in a region – the asteroid belt – between…

Mars

November 9, 2020July 8, 2021 milesPlanets

The red planet has interested people as a possible place for extra-terrestrial life for centuries now. It has loads of interesting geology, and its conditions could allow life to exist, although it wouldn’t be easy! Mars photographed in 2003, on…

Pluto

November 5, 2020December 14, 2021 milesPlanets

Now classified as a dwarf planet, Pluto was known as the 9th planet in the solar system until 2006. In July 2015, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft sent home the first close-up pictures of Pluto and its moons. Click on the…

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