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See Mercury at its best in the night sky over the next 2 weeks

In March 2025 we have a fine opportunity to view the planet that many astronomy guide books refer to as the most difficult of the naked-eye planets to see: Mercury.

Space

The Winter Triangle meets the 'Mars Triangle' in the night sky this month

For the next few weeks, the planet Mars will form an isosceles triangle with the two bright stars marking the heads of the Gemini Twins, Pollux and Castor.

Space

16th-century compass unearthed in Poland may have belonged to Copernicus

The 500-year-old compass is a two-pronged metal device that scientists used for precise measurements in cartography, geometry and astronomy.

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Donated Renaissance-era astronomy book surprises university with hidden text

Two astronomy books from the Renaissance have found their way to a new home, where students will try to read a possible hidden text within one of them.

Space

The strange story of the grave of Copernicus

Nicholas Copernicus was the astronomer who, five centuries ago, explained that Earth revolves around the Sun, rather than vice versa. A true Renaissance man, he also practised as a mathematician, engineer, author, economic theorist and medical doctor.

The Conversation

Johannes Kepler: Everything you need to know

A biography of Johannes Kepler, from his troubled childhood to his mission to mathematically formalize Copernicus' heliocentric model by finding divine reasoning within the orbits of the planets.

Space

Science communicators need to stop telling everybody the universe is a meaningless void

The scientific worldview has made great contributions to humanity’s flourishing. But, as science advances into territory once firmly held by religion – attempting to answer questions about the origins of the universe, life and consciousness – science communication often paints a fairly pessimistic picture of the world.

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The UK re-joining the Horizon research funding scheme benefits Europe too – the data backs it up

The UK has just rejoined the EU’s flagship research funding programmes, Horizon Europe and Copernicus. This is great news for science, the EU and the UK.

The Conversation

Horizon project: Which EU science schemes has Britain joined?

Britain on Thursday said it would join the European Union’s flagship Horizon science research programme and its Copernicus earth observation programme, but not the Euratom nuclear research initiative

The Hindu

Celebrate 400 years of moon maps for Apollo 11's anniversary (gallery)

The Library of Congress has 400 years of moon maps from around the world. Explore the moon in centuries of maps to celebrate the first-ever human moon landing in 1969.

Space

Europe’s Copernicus programme completes 25 years: its impact so far

Copernicus, the earth observation component of the European Union’s space programme, completes 25 years in June 2023. We look at the impact that the programme has had so far.

The Hindu

Stargazing in November: A sky of heavenly shenanigans

After traipsing left to right for the past four months, in late November Jupiter slows to a standstill, and then reverses its course, writes Nigel Henbest

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