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Twisteddoodles on a strangely sticky asteroid

Twisteddoodles on a strangely sticky asteroid

5 April 2023

This week's cartoon from Twisteddoodles


GLASTONBURY, ENGLAND - JUNE 20: A full moon rises behind Glastonbury Tor as people gather to celebrate the summer solstice on June 20, 2016 in Somerset, England. Tonight's strawberry moon, a name given to the full moon in June by Native Americans because it marks the beginning of strawberry picking season, last occurred on the solstice on June 22, 1967 and it will not happen again on the summer solstice for another 46 years until June 21, 2062. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

How to identify moon craters and mountains on the lunar surface

1 February 2023

The moon’s brightness might frustrate some stargazers, but a closer look will reveal some amazing features, says Abigail Beall


Puzzle #195: Where did Bart need to drop his first load of passengers?

Puzzle #195: Where did Bart need to drop his first load of passengers?

23 November 2022

Can you solve this week’s arithmetical puzzle, Shuttle space? Plus the answer to puzzle #194


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Watch out for three meteor showers set to occur in October

5 October 2022

A triptych of meteor showers will pepper the sky this month: the Draconids, the Orionids and the Taurids. Here is how and when to spot them, writes Abigail Beall


On the trail of the lost Welsh kingdom of Cantre’r Gwaelod

On the trail of the lost Welsh kingdom of Cantre’r Gwaelod

31 August 2022

Feedback looks into the identification of two lost islands in Cardigan Bay, while also exploring a plaster sculpture of an 18th-century infant Jesus that bears a striking resemblance to Mark Zuckerberg


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Puzzle #182: Can you work out the length of the raffle ticket strips?

24 August 2022

set by Katie Steckles


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Now is the best time to see Pluto, our beloved dwarf planet

13 July 2022

Track down a telescope and pray for dark skies, as a chance to see Pluto is coming up, says Abigail Beall


Academics discover we find boring people boring and don’t like them

Academics discover we find boring people boring and don’t like them

23 March 2022

A scintillating piece of research into the traits we associate with boring people, plus Feedback’s take on whether there are more doors or wheels in the world, and an asteroid half the size of a giraffe


In the wild, robot vacuum cleaners have no natural predators

In the wild, robot vacuum cleaners have no natural predators

2 February 2022

The daring escape of an automated sucker has us worried, plus how the big bang did for the dinosaurs and quantum parliament, in Feedback’s weekly round-up


Help discover the origins of meteor showers by spotting shooting stars

Help discover the origins of meteor showers by spotting shooting stars

12 January 2022

Meteor showers leave clues to their origin in their wake and you can help astronomers unravel the mystery by taking part in the Radio Meteor Zoo project, says Layal Liverpool


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