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How to help discover new galaxies without leaving your home

How to help discover new galaxies without leaving your home

25 November 2020

Hundreds of thousands of people have participated in the online collaboration Galaxy Zoo to help study unexplored parts of the cosmos, and you can join in too, says Layal Liverpool
Mars is unusually close this month – here's how to spot it in the sky

Mars is unusually close this month – here's how to spot it in the sky

14 October 2020

Earth and Mars are closer this month than they have been since 2003. To spot the Red Planet, look for a bright red object towards the east after sunset or west before sunrise, says Abigail Beall

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