Three Girton astronomers
Girton College, located on Girton Road running north-west out of Cambridge, was founded in 1869 by Emily Davies and Barbara
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The first Martian helicopter flights & Kitty Hawk
At the start of the twentieth century, the concept of flying machines was hardly a new idea. Balloon ascents were
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Auroral & noctilucent cloud activity 2021 February 20 – April 20
With no coronal mass ejections and sunspot numbers just in double figures or at zero, there are 17 aurora sightings
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Observing & recovering the Winchcombe meteorite
When Dr Ashley King and I presented a webinar on ‘Recovering the UK’s next meteorite’ for the BAA back in
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