Henry Perraton
57. Chinese rocket 'Haolong' to be the future of transportation
China has unveiled its exciting new spaceplane-type rocket, called the Haolong. Thought to be the successor to NASA's Space Shuttle, this...
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Henry Perraton
Apr 113 min read
54. Meteorites, Comets, Asteroids and Meteors
Over the past centuries or, perhaps, millennia, people have been awed, shocked and possibly even alarmed by the sight of these four...
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Henry Perraton
Nov 25, 20232 min read
53. Space Junk
Space Junk is a really big problem to companies cross the world. read to find out more
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Henry Perraton
Nov 16, 20222 min read
46. The Andromeda Galaxy
The Andromeda galaxy is one of the most famous galaxies of all time, second only to our own galaxy, the Milky Way. At 200,000 light years...
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Henry Perraton
Jun 9, 20221 min read
42. Ganymede
Ganymede, a moon of Jupiter, is the largest moon so far known to humans. The circumference is about 16,530 kilometres and would be...
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Henry Perraton
May 5, 20221 min read
41. The Eagle Nebula
Discovered by the Hubble Space Telescope, the Eagle Nebula is one of the most intriguing spots in space! On a clear night, without a...
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Henry Perraton
Dec 5, 20211 min read
40. Sirius
Sirius is a star located in the Orion arm of the milky way, just like the sun. It is in the local star group, and only 8.6 light years...
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Henry Perraton
Nov 28, 20212 min read
39. Proxima Centauri
Alpha Centauri (Proxima Centauri's solar system) is the closest star system to us. Measuring four light years from Earth, or one parsec....
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Henry Perraton
Nov 10, 20212 min read
37. Voyager 1
Voyager 1 left Earth over 40 years ago on a search for extraterrestrial life. But, it is not just searching for life. It is also going to...
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Henry Perraton
Nov 3, 20212 min read
36. The Drake equation
The Drake equation is an equation that estimates how many planets in the milky way or universe. The question, life on other planets has...
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Henry Perraton
Oct 16, 20212 min read
35. Largest comet vs Earth
Today we are going to talk about one of the largest comets ever found, the Bernardinelli-Bernstein comet. It has been spotted heading...
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Henry Perraton
Oct 15, 20212 min read
34. The Moon
The Moon is a peaceful rock orbiting the Earth. The moon is spectacular. You have probably seen the moon more than 100 times in your...
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Henry Perraton
Oct 10, 20212 min read
33. The James Webb Telescope: Looking forward into the distant past
The James Webb Telescope (JWT) is a large telescope that will orbit the Earth and allow us to see into deep space. Light from distant...
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Henry Perraton
Oct 4, 20213 min read
32. The Hubble Space Telescope
The Hubble space telescope is a telescope in space. Yes, in space. It is a remarkable telescope and if we didn't have it we couldn't have...
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Henry Perraton
Sep 30, 20212 min read
31. The Pillars of Creation
The Pillars of Creation are huge clouds of interstellar gases in the far reaches of space. These clouds are nebulas that are very awesome...
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Henry Perraton
Sep 25, 20212 min read
30. Olympus Mons, the largest mountain in the solar system
Hooray! Give Me Space has reached the 30th blog! That is a LOT of blogs! It is halfway to 60! Anyway, today's blog is on Olympus Mons,...
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Henry Perraton
Sep 14, 20212 min read
29. Supernova's
A supernova is a type of explosion that happens when a star turns VERY old. It is very interesting to see it with your naked eye....
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Henry Perraton
Sep 2, 20212 min read
28. Dawn the probe
Dawn was the probe that went to both Vesta and Ceres - small asteroid-like bodies in the solar system. Dawn made many interesting finds...
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Henry Perraton
Aug 26, 20212 min read
27. The Saturn 5 Rocket
This week's blog is all about the Saturn 5 rocket that took people to the moon in the 1960's and 1970's. The Saturn 5 rocket was the...
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Henry Perraton
Aug 23, 20212 min read
26. Apollo 11
Think way back in 1969. The Internet was not invented. the TV was so blurry and it was a big box. But, NASA managed to get people on the...
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