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13 February 1633 Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei arrived in Rome to face charges of heresy for advocating the Copernican theory, which...
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Elizabeth Cocking
Dec 31, 20182 min read
In this Month - January
Happy New Year! 24th January 1986 Voyager 2 encounters Uranus. At its closest the spacecraft came to within 81,500 kilometres of Uranus's...
Elizabeth Cocking
Dec 2, 20182 min read
In this month - December
6th December 1882 The Transit of Venus, the second and last transit of Venus of the 19th century, the first having taken place eight...
Elizabeth Cocking
Oct 31, 20182 min read
In this month - November
28 November 1967 The first pulsar is discovered by Jocelyn Bell (Image above taken 19 July 2018). Working as a research student at...
Elizabeth Cocking
Aug 31, 20182 min read
In this month - September
Its all about astronomy - 'In this month' blog posts feature significant events which happened and people born during the month who
Elizabeth Cocking
Apr 30, 20181 min read
In this month - May 2018
19 May 1910 Earth passes through the tail of Comet Halley. Despite the superstitious belief of impending doom no catastrophes occurred....
Elizabeth Cocking
Mar 30, 20181 min read
In this month - April 2018
28 April 1686 Isaac Newton presents his book Principia to the Royal Society. Widely regarded as one of the greatest works in the history...
Elizabeth Cocking & Dr Toner Stevenson
Feb 25, 20181 min read
In This Month - March 2018
13 March 1781 Uranus discovered by Sir William Herschel. It expanded the known boundaries of the solar system becoming the first planet...
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