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  • ESA's Test-Bed Telescope 2, located at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile, looks out over the Atacama Desert at sunset.
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    ESA's Test-Bed Telescope 2, located at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile, looks out over the Atacama Desert at sunset.
    Pretty in pink, the Test-Bed Telescope 2, located at ESOÕs La Silla Observatory in Chile, looks out over the Atacama Desert at sunset. The Moon can be seen rising in the left of the image.

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  • Brazilian Food Specialties
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    Brazilian Food Specialties
    A vegetarian version of the Coxinha is pictured in a Brazilian restaurant in Berlin, Germany, on May 3, 2025. (Photo by Emmanuele Contini/NurPhoto)

     

  • Cooking On The Beach In Novi Sad
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    Cooking On The Beach In Novi Sad
    The traditional Serbian dish, fish soup known as chorba, is prepared under the Liberty Bridge on Strand Beach in Novi Sad, Serbia, on May 31, 2025. (Photo by Maxim Konankov/NurPhoto)

     

  • Cooking On The Beach In Novi Sad
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    Cooking On The Beach In Novi Sad
    A woman serves traditional Serbian fish soup, chorba, cooked under the Liberty Bridge on Strand Beach in Novi Sad, Serbia, on May 31, 2025. (Photo by Maxim Konankov/NurPhoto)

     

  • Daily Life In Edmonton
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    Daily Life In Edmonton
    EDMONTON, CANADA – MAY 7:
    A creamy garlic seafood tagliatelle is displayed inside a restaurant in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on May 7, 2025. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto)

     

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    Daily Life In Edmonton
    EDMONTON, CANADA – MAY 7:
    Swiss Chalet’s signature two quarter chicken dinner is served inside a Swiss Chalet restaurant in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on May 7, 2025. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto)

     

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    Daily Life In Edmonton
    EDMONTON, CANADA – MAY 7:
    A creamy garlic seafood tagliatelle displayed in a restaurant in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on May 7, 2025. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto)

     

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    Daily Life In Edmonton
    EDMONTON, CANADA – MAY 7:
    A homemade Chicken Shawarma Rice bowl, photographed on May 7, 2025, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto)

     

  • Australia's first lab-grown meat will be on menus within weeks
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    Australia's first lab-grown meat will be on menus within weeks
    Australia's first lab-grown meat will be on menus within weeks

    Three new products, including a foie gras created from cultured Japanese quail cells, have been approved for sale.

    Vow’s food-grade bioreactor is nicknamed Andromeda.

    Details of a machine used at Vow to culture meat products in Alexandria, Sydney, Australia.

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  • Australia's first lab-grown meat will be on menus within weeks
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    Australia's first lab-grown meat will be on menus within weeks
    Australia's first lab-grown meat will be on menus within weeks

    Three new products, including a foie gras created from cultured Japanese quail cells, have been approved for sale.

    Served seared with scallop, berries and micro-greens, the foie gras is intensely savoury with a browned, meaty crust.

    Kevin Condon - Product Development Manager at Vow Foods, prepares a dish of Foie gras, made from cultured meat and served with Tasmanian scollop and berries, Vow in Alexandria, Sydney, Australia. 7May 2025 The Foie gras is served with Tasmanian scollop and berries.

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  • Australia's first lab-grown meat will be on menus within weeks
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    Australia's first lab-grown meat will be on menus within weeks
    Australia's first lab-grown meat will be on menus within weeks

    Three new products, including a foie gras created from cultured Japanese quail cells, have been approved for sale.

    The end result is a homogenous, pale pink goo that is “not much to look at,” Peppou says.

    Kevin Condon - Product Development Manager at Vow Foods, prepares a dish of Foie gras Parfait, made with cultured meat at Vow in Alexandria, Sydney, Australia. 7May 2025 Foie gras served with Tasmanian scollop and berries at Vow in Alexandria, Sydney, Australia. 7May 2025

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  • Australia's first lab-grown meat will be on menus within weeks
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    Australia's first lab-grown meat will be on menus within weeks
    Australia's first lab-grown meat will be on menus within weeks

    Three new products, including a foie gras created from cultured Japanese quail cells, have been approved for sale.

    Synthetic parfait on potato chips with chopped chives and lemon myrtle oil.

    Kevin Condon - Product Development Manager at Vow Foods, prepares a dish of Parfait, made with cultured quail at Vow in Alexandria, Sydney, Australia. 7May 2025

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  • Ukraine prepares for Christmas
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    Ukraine prepares for Christmas
    UZHHOROD, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 26, 2024 - Tableware and a snow globe are for sale in a shop ahead of Christmas and New Year, Uzhhorod, Zakarpattia region, western Ukraine. (Ukrinform/POLARIS) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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  • Ukraine prepares for Christmas
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    Ukraine prepares for Christmas
    UZHHOROD, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 26, 2024 - Candles and tableware are for sale in a shop ahead of Christmas and New Year, Uzhhorod, Zakarpattia region, western Ukraine. (Ukrinform/POLARIS) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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  • Restored 19th-century houses and windmill in Taras Shevchenko’s homeland
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    Restored 19th-century houses and windmill in Taras Shevchenko’s homeland
    CHERKASY REGION, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 25, 2024 - Clay dishes are on the kitchen rack in the restored house which belonged to Taras Shevchenko’s grandfather at the Taras Shevchenko Homeland National Preserve, Cherkasy region, central Ukraine. The Taras Shevchenko Homeland National Preserve unites the villages of Moryntsi, Shevchenkove, Budyshche and Vilshana. These are the places where the famous Ukrainian poet and painter Taras Shevchenko spent his childhood years. (Ukrinform/POLARIS) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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  • The vast new whaling 'mother ship' that Japan hopes will revive a shrinking industry
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    The vast new whaling 'mother ship' that Japan hopes will revive a shrinking industry
    A new $47m vessel is preparing for its maiden voyage in coastal waters, but there are fears the Kangei Maru could one day mean a return to hunting in the Southern Ocean.

    In the new vessel, the whaling industry envisions an age of prosperity and rising demand, ultimately guaranteeing the future of the most controversial ingredient in Japan's culinary repertoire.

    Last year, whalers caught 83 minke, 187 Bryde's and 25 sei whales in JapanÕs exclusive economic zone, but the appetite for the delicacy is at historic lows.

    A whale meat dish served at a restaurant in the Japanese city of Shimonoseki.

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  • Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
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    Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
    History-rich communcation centre in Lizard peninsula will track the rocket using its Merlin antenna.

    Mission control in Houston and the Kennedy Space Center in Florida are the places most closely associated with Nasa’s Artemis 1 moon adventure but a lesser-known spot on a remote heath in the far south-west of Britain is also playing a crucial part.

    When the mission does blast off, hopefully later this week, scientists at Goonhilly Earth Station on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall will help Nasa track the rocket using a giant deep space antenna nicknamed Merlin, and then command six small research satellites that are piggy-backing a ride on Artemis.

    A view of Goonhilly Earth Station in Cornwall. The station will be assisting with Nasa's latest mission to the moon, named Artemis 1. Photo taken on Tuesday 30 August 2022.

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  • Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
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    Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
    History-rich communcation centre in Lizard peninsula will track the rocket using its Merlin antenna.

    Mission control in Houston and the Kennedy Space Center in Florida are the places most closely associated with Nasa’s Artemis 1 moon adventure but a lesser-known spot on a remote heath in the far south-west of Britain is also playing a crucial part.

    When the mission does blast off, hopefully later this week, scientists at Goonhilly Earth Station on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall will help Nasa track the rocket using a giant deep space antenna nicknamed Merlin, and then command six small research satellites that are piggy-backing a ride on Artemis.

    A view of Goonhilly Earth Station in Cornwall. The station will be assisting with Nasa's latest mission to the moon, named Artemis 1. Photo taken on Tuesday 30 August 2022.

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  • Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
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    Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
    History-rich communcation centre in Lizard peninsula will track the rocket using its Merlin antenna.

    Mission control in Houston and the Kennedy Space Center in Florida are the places most closely associated with Nasa’s Artemis 1 moon adventure but a lesser-known spot on a remote heath in the far south-west of Britain is also playing a crucial part.

    When the mission does blast off, hopefully later this week, scientists at Goonhilly Earth Station on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall will help Nasa track the rocket using a giant deep space antenna nicknamed Merlin, and then command six small research satellites that are piggy-backing a ride on Artemis.

    A view of Goonhilly Earth Station in Cornwall. The station will be assisting with Nasa's latest mission to the moon, named Artemis 1. Photo taken on Tuesday 30 August 2022.

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  • Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
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    Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
    History-rich communcation centre in Lizard peninsula will track the rocket using its Merlin antenna.

    Mission control in Houston and the Kennedy Space Center in Florida are the places most closely associated with Nasa’s Artemis 1 moon adventure but a lesser-known spot on a remote heath in the far south-west of Britain is also playing a crucial part.

    When the mission does blast off, hopefully later this week, scientists at Goonhilly Earth Station on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall will help Nasa track the rocket using a giant deep space antenna nicknamed Merlin, and then command six small research satellites that are piggy-backing a ride on Artemis.

    Ian Jones, CEO of Goonhilly, looking around Goonhilly Earth Station in Cornwall. The station will be assisting with Nasa's latest mission to the moon, named Artemis 1. Photo taken on Tuesday 30 August 2022.

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  • Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
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    Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
    History-rich communcation centre in Lizard peninsula will track the rocket using its Merlin antenna.

    Mission control in Houston and the Kennedy Space Center in Florida are the places most closely associated with Nasa’s Artemis 1 moon adventure but a lesser-known spot on a remote heath in the far south-west of Britain is also playing a crucial part.

    When the mission does blast off, hopefully later this week, scientists at Goonhilly Earth Station on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall will help Nasa track the rocket using a giant deep space antenna nicknamed Merlin, and then command six small research satellites that are piggy-backing a ride on Artemis.

    Ian Jones, CEO of Goonhilly, looking around Goonhilly Earth Station in Cornwall. The station will be assisting with Nasa's latest mission to the moon, named Artemis 1. Photo taken on Tuesday 30 August 2022.

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  • Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
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    Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
    History-rich communcation centre in Lizard peninsula will track the rocket using its Merlin antenna.

    Mission control in Houston and the Kennedy Space Center in Florida are the places most closely associated with Nasa’s Artemis 1 moon adventure but a lesser-known spot on a remote heath in the far south-west of Britain is also playing a crucial part.

    When the mission does blast off, hopefully later this week, scientists at Goonhilly Earth Station on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall will help Nasa track the rocket using a giant deep space antenna nicknamed Merlin, and then command six small research satellites that are piggy-backing a ride on Artemis.

    Ian Jones, CEO of Goonhilly, looking around Goonhilly Earth Station in Cornwall. The station will be assisting with Nasa's latest mission to the moon, named Artemis 1. Photo taken on Tuesday 30 August 2022.

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  • Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
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    Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
    History-rich communcation centre in Lizard peninsula will track the rocket using its Merlin antenna.

    Mission control in Houston and the Kennedy Space Center in Florida are the places most closely associated with Nasa’s Artemis 1 moon adventure but a lesser-known spot on a remote heath in the far south-west of Britain is also playing a crucial part.

    When the mission does blast off, hopefully later this week, scientists at Goonhilly Earth Station on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall will help Nasa track the rocket using a giant deep space antenna nicknamed Merlin, and then command six small research satellites that are piggy-backing a ride on Artemis.

    Ian Jones, CEO of Goonhilly, looking around Goonhilly Earth Station in Cornwall. The station will be assisting with Nasa's latest mission to the moon, named Artemis 1. Photo taken on Tuesday 30 August 2022.

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  • Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
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    Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
    History-rich communcation centre in Lizard peninsula will track the rocket using its Merlin antenna.

    Mission control in Houston and the Kennedy Space Center in Florida are the places most closely associated with Nasa’s Artemis 1 moon adventure but a lesser-known spot on a remote heath in the far south-west of Britain is also playing a crucial part.

    When the mission does blast off, hopefully later this week, scientists at Goonhilly Earth Station on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall will help Nasa track the rocket using a giant deep space antenna nicknamed Merlin, and then command six small research satellites that are piggy-backing a ride on Artemis.

    Ian Jones, CEO of Goonhilly, looking around Goonhilly Earth Station in Cornwall. The station will be assisting with Nasa's latest mission to the moon, named Artemis 1. Photo taken on Tuesday 30 August 2022.

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  • Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
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    Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
    History-rich communcation centre in Lizard peninsula will track the rocket using its Merlin antenna.

    Mission control in Houston and the Kennedy Space Center in Florida are the places most closely associated with Nasa’s Artemis 1 moon adventure but a lesser-known spot on a remote heath in the far south-west of Britain is also playing a crucial part.

    When the mission does blast off, hopefully later this week, scientists at Goonhilly Earth Station on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall will help Nasa track the rocket using a giant deep space antenna nicknamed Merlin, and then command six small research satellites that are piggy-backing a ride on Artemis.

    Kevin Wilkes, pictured at Goonhilly Earth Station in Cornwall. The station will be assisting with Nasa's latest mission to the moon, named Artemis 1. Photo taken on Tuesday 30 August 2022.

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  • Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
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    Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
    History-rich communcation centre in Lizard peninsula will track the rocket using its Merlin antenna.

    Mission control in Houston and the Kennedy Space Center in Florida are the places most closely associated with Nasa’s Artemis 1 moon adventure but a lesser-known spot on a remote heath in the far south-west of Britain is also playing a crucial part.

    When the mission does blast off, hopefully later this week, scientists at Goonhilly Earth Station on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall will help Nasa track the rocket using a giant deep space antenna nicknamed Merlin, and then command six small research satellites that are piggy-backing a ride on Artemis.

    A picture of the TV screens in the control room at Goonhilly Earth Station in Cornwall. The station will be assisting with Nasa's latest mission to the moon, named Artemis 1. Photo taken on Tuesday 30 August 2022.

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  • Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
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    Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
    History-rich communcation centre in Lizard peninsula will track the rocket using its Merlin antenna.

    Mission control in Houston and the Kennedy Space Center in Florida are the places most closely associated with Nasa’s Artemis 1 moon adventure but a lesser-known spot on a remote heath in the far south-west of Britain is also playing a crucial part.

    When the mission does blast off, hopefully later this week, scientists at Goonhilly Earth Station on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall will help Nasa track the rocket using a giant deep space antenna nicknamed Merlin, and then command six small research satellites that are piggy-backing a ride on Artemis.

    Beth Sheppard, pictured in the control room at Goonhilly Earth Station in Cornwall. The station will be assisting with Nasa's latest mission to the moon, named Artemis 1. Photo taken on Tuesday 30 August 2022.

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  • Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
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    Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
    History-rich communcation centre in Lizard peninsula will track the rocket using its Merlin antenna.

    Mission control in Houston and the Kennedy Space Center in Florida are the places most closely associated with Nasa’s Artemis 1 moon adventure but a lesser-known spot on a remote heath in the far south-west of Britain is also playing a crucial part.

    When the mission does blast off, hopefully later this week, scientists at Goonhilly Earth Station on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall will help Nasa track the rocket using a giant deep space antenna nicknamed Merlin, and then command six small research satellites that are piggy-backing a ride on Artemis.

    Beth Sheppard, pictured in the control room at Goonhilly Earth Station in Cornwall. The station will be assisting with Nasa's latest mission to the moon, named Artemis 1. Photo taken on Tuesday 30 August 2022.

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  • Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
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    Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
    History-rich communcation centre in Lizard peninsula will track the rocket using its Merlin antenna.

    Mission control in Houston and the Kennedy Space Center in Florida are the places most closely associated with Nasa’s Artemis 1 moon adventure but a lesser-known spot on a remote heath in the far south-west of Britain is also playing a crucial part.

    When the mission does blast off, hopefully later this week, scientists at Goonhilly Earth Station on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall will help Nasa track the rocket using a giant deep space antenna nicknamed Merlin, and then command six small research satellites that are piggy-backing a ride on Artemis.

    Beth Sheppard, pictured in the control room at Goonhilly Earth Station in Cornwall. The station will be assisting with Nasa's latest mission to the moon, named Artemis 1. Photo taken on Tuesday 30 August 2022.

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    Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
    History-rich communcation centre in Lizard peninsula will track the rocket using its Merlin antenna.

    Mission control in Houston and the Kennedy Space Center in Florida are the places most closely associated with Nasa’s Artemis 1 moon adventure but a lesser-known spot on a remote heath in the far south-west of Britain is also playing a crucial part.

    When the mission does blast off, hopefully later this week, scientists at Goonhilly Earth Station on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall will help Nasa track the rocket using a giant deep space antenna nicknamed Merlin, and then command six small research satellites that are piggy-backing a ride on Artemis.

    Beth Sheppard, pictured in the control room at Goonhilly Earth Station in Cornwall. The station will be assisting with Nasa's latest mission to the moon, named Artemis 1. Photo taken on Tuesday 30 August 2022.

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    Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
    History-rich communcation centre in Lizard peninsula will track the rocket using its Merlin antenna.

    Mission control in Houston and the Kennedy Space Center in Florida are the places most closely associated with Nasa’s Artemis 1 moon adventure but a lesser-known spot on a remote heath in the far south-west of Britain is also playing a crucial part.

    When the mission does blast off, hopefully later this week, scientists at Goonhilly Earth Station on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall will help Nasa track the rocket using a giant deep space antenna nicknamed Merlin, and then command six small research satellites that are piggy-backing a ride on Artemis.

    Beth Sheppard, pictured in the control room at Goonhilly Earth Station in Cornwall. The station will be assisting with Nasa's latest mission to the moon, named Artemis 1. Photo taken on Tuesday 30 August 2022.

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  • Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
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    Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
    History-rich communcation centre in Lizard peninsula will track the rocket using its Merlin antenna.

    Mission control in Houston and the Kennedy Space Center in Florida are the places most closely associated with Nasa’s Artemis 1 moon adventure but a lesser-known spot on a remote heath in the far south-west of Britain is also playing a crucial part.

    When the mission does blast off, hopefully later this week, scientists at Goonhilly Earth Station on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall will help Nasa track the rocket using a giant deep space antenna nicknamed Merlin, and then command six small research satellites that are piggy-backing a ride on Artemis.

    Beth Sheppard, pictured in the control room at Goonhilly Earth Station in Cornwall. The station will be assisting with Nasa's latest mission to the moon, named Artemis 1. Photo taken on Tuesday 30 August 2022.

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  • Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
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    Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
    History-rich communcation centre in Lizard peninsula will track the rocket using its Merlin antenna.

    Mission control in Houston and the Kennedy Space Center in Florida are the places most closely associated with Nasa’s Artemis 1 moon adventure but a lesser-known spot on a remote heath in the far south-west of Britain is also playing a crucial part.

    When the mission does blast off, hopefully later this week, scientists at Goonhilly Earth Station on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall will help Nasa track the rocket using a giant deep space antenna nicknamed Merlin, and then command six small research satellites that are piggy-backing a ride on Artemis.

    Beth Sheppard, pictured in the control room at Goonhilly Earth Station in Cornwall. The station will be assisting with Nasa's latest mission to the moon, named Artemis 1. Photo taken on Tuesday 30 August 2022.

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    Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
    History-rich communcation centre in Lizard peninsula will track the rocket using its Merlin antenna.

    Mission control in Houston and the Kennedy Space Center in Florida are the places most closely associated with Nasa’s Artemis 1 moon adventure but a lesser-known spot on a remote heath in the far south-west of Britain is also playing a crucial part.

    When the mission does blast off, hopefully later this week, scientists at Goonhilly Earth Station on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall will help Nasa track the rocket using a giant deep space antenna nicknamed Merlin, and then command six small research satellites that are piggy-backing a ride on Artemis.

    Beth Sheppard, pictured in the control room at Goonhilly Earth Station in Cornwall. The station will be assisting with Nasa's latest mission to the moon, named Artemis 1. Photo taken on Tuesday 30 August 2022.

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  • Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
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    Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
    History-rich communcation centre in Lizard peninsula will track the rocket using its Merlin antenna.

    Mission control in Houston and the Kennedy Space Center in Florida are the places most closely associated with Nasa’s Artemis 1 moon adventure but a lesser-known spot on a remote heath in the far south-west of Britain is also playing a crucial part.

    When the mission does blast off, hopefully later this week, scientists at Goonhilly Earth Station on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall will help Nasa track the rocket using a giant deep space antenna nicknamed Merlin, and then command six small research satellites that are piggy-backing a ride on Artemis.

    Beth Sheppard, pictured in the control room at Goonhilly Earth Station in Cornwall. The station will be assisting with Nasa's latest mission to the moon, named Artemis 1. Photo taken on Tuesday 30 August 2022.

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    Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
    History-rich communcation centre in Lizard peninsula will track the rocket using its Merlin antenna.

    Mission control in Houston and the Kennedy Space Center in Florida are the places most closely associated with Nasa’s Artemis 1 moon adventure but a lesser-known spot on a remote heath in the far south-west of Britain is also playing a crucial part.

    When the mission does blast off, hopefully later this week, scientists at Goonhilly Earth Station on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall will help Nasa track the rocket using a giant deep space antenna nicknamed Merlin, and then command six small research satellites that are piggy-backing a ride on Artemis.

    Beth Sheppard, pictured in the control room at Goonhilly Earth Station in Cornwall. The station will be assisting with Nasa's latest mission to the moon, named Artemis 1. Photo taken on Tuesday 30 August 2022.

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  • Sail of stars
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    Sail of stars
    The spiral arms of the galaxy NGC 3318 are lazily draped across this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. This spiral galaxy lies in the constellation Vela and is roughly 115 light-years away from Earth. Vela was originally part of a far larger constellation, known as Argo Navis after the fabled ship Argo from Greek mythology, but this unwieldy constellation proved to be impractically large. Argo Navis was split into three separate parts called Carnina, Puppis, and Vela — each named after part of the Argo. As befits a galaxy in a nautically inspired constellation, the outer edges of NGC 3318 almost resemble a ship’s sails billowing in a gentle breeze.

    Despite its placid appearance, NGC 3318 has played host to a spectacularly violent astronomical phenomenon, a titanic supernova first detected by an amateur astronomer in 2000. Thanks to NGC 3318’s distance from Earth, the original supernova must have taken place in or around 1885. Coincidentally, this was the year in which the only supernova ever to be detected in our neighbouring galaxy Andromeda was witnessed by 19th-century astronomers.

    Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, ESO, R. J. Foley; CC BY 4.0 Acknowledgement: R. Colombari / eyevine

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  • Webb liftoff on Ariane 5
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    Webb liftoff on Ariane 5
    Webb liftoff on Ariane 5.
    The James Webb Space Telescope lifted off on an Ariane 5 rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, at 13:20 CET on 25 December on its exciting mission to unlock the secrets of the Universe.

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  • Galileo satellites 27-28 liftoff
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    Galileo satellites 27-28 liftoff
    Galileo satellites 27 – 28 lifted off by Soyuz launcher VS26 from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana at 01:19 CET on 5 December (4 December at 21:19 local Kourou time).

    Credit: S MARTIN/ESA/CNES/Arianespace/Optique Vidéo du CSG / eyevine

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  • Mini-jet found near milky way’s supermassive black hole
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    Mini-jet found near milky way’s supermassive black hole
    Hubble has found circumstantial evidence that the black hole is still smoldering long after the earlier outburst. Hubble astronomers' evidence is like doing an archeological dig to try and peer through the interstellar pollution of dense sheets of dust and gas between Earth and the galactic center, 27,000 light-years away. Hubble photographed a bright knot of gas that has been impacted by an invisible jet from the black hole, that is merely 15 light-years from it. The black hole must have shown brilliantly billions of years ago as a quasar (quasi-stellar object), when our young galaxy was feeding on lots of infalling gas. But after all this time the black hole still goes through fits and starts, and is not ready for napping as long as there is a snack around.

    This image presents a composite view of X-rays, molecular gas, and warm ionized gas near the galactic center. The graphic of a translucent, vertical white fan is added to show the suggested axis of a mini-jet from the supermassive black hole at the galaxy’s heart. The orange-colored features are of glowing hydrogen gas. One such feature, at the top tip of the jet is interpreted as a hydrogen cloud that has been hit by the outflowing jet. The jet scatters off the cloud into tendrils that flow northward. Farther down near the black hole are X-ray observations of superheated gas colored blue and molecular gas in green. These data are evidence that the black hole occasionally accretes stars or gas clouds, and ejects some of the superheated material along its spin axis.

    Credit: NASA, ESA, Gerald Cecil (UNC-Chapel Hill), J. DePasquale (STScI); CC BY 4.0 / eyevine

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  • Hubble finds a black hole igniting star formation in a dwarf galaxy
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    Hubble finds a black hole igniting star formation in a dwarf galaxy
    Black holes are often described as the monsters of the universe—tearing apart stars, consuming anything that comes too close, and holding light captive. Detailed evidence from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, however, shows a black hole in a new light: fostering, rather than suppressing, star formation. Hubble imaging and spectroscopy of the dwarf starburst galaxy Henize 2-10 clearly show a gas outflow stretching from the black hole to a bright star birth region like an umbilical cord, triggering the already dense cloud into forming clusters of stars. Astronomers have previously debated that a dwarf galaxy could have a black hole analogous to the supermassive black holes in larger galaxies. Further study of dwarf galaxies, which have remained small over cosmic time, may shed light on the question of how the first seeds of supermassive black holes formed and evolved over the history of the universe.

    This dwarf starburst galaxy Henize 2-10 sparkles with young stars in this Hubble visible-light image. The bright region at the center, surrounded by pink clouds and dark dust lanes, indicates the location of the galaxy's massive black hole and active stellar nurseries.

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  • Location of possible planet in M51
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    Location of possible planet in M51
    A composite image of M51 with X-rays from NASA's Chandra and optical light from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope contains a box that marks the location of the possible planet candidate.

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  • One of a pair
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    One of a pair
    In this image the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope peers into the spiral galaxy NGC 1317 in the constellation Fornax, more than 50 million light-years from Earth. This galaxy is one of a pair, but NGC 1317’s rowdy larger neighbour NGC 1316 lies outside Hubble’s field of view. Despite the absence here of its neighbouring galaxy, NGC 1317 is accompanied in this image by two objects from very different parts of the Universe. The bright point ringed with a criss-cross pattern is a star from our own galaxy surrounded by diffraction spikes, whereas the redder elongated smudge is a distant galaxy lying far beyond NGC 1317. The data presented in this image are from a vast observing campaign of hundreds of observations from Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 and Advanced Camera for Surveys. Combined with data from the ALMA array in the Atacama desert, these observations help astronomers chart the connections between vast clouds of cold gas and the fiercely hot young stars that form within them. ALMA’s unparalleled sensitivity at long wavelengths identified vast reservoirs of cold gas throughout the local Universe, and Hubble’s sharp vision pinpointed clusters of young stars, as well as measuring their ages and masses.  Often the most exciting astronomical discoveries require this kind of telescope teamwork, with cutting-edge facilities working together and providing astronomers with information across the electromagnetic spectrum. The same applies to future telescopes, with Hubble’s observations laying the groundwork for future science with the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope.

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  • Cosmological curiosity
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    Cosmological curiosity
    This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope features the spiral galaxy Mrk 1337, which is roughly 120 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation Virgo. Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 snapped Mrk 1337 at a wide range of ultraviolet, visible and infrared wavelengths, producing this richly detailed image. Mrk 1337 is a weakly barred spiral galaxy, which as the name suggests means that the spiral arms radiate from a central bar of gas and stars. Bars occur in roughly half of spiral galaxies, including our own galaxy the Milky Way.

    These observations are part of a campaign to improve our knowledge of how fast the universe is expanding. They were proposed by Adam Riess, who was awarded a Nobel Laureate in physics 2011 for his contributions to the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe, alongside Saul Perlmutter and Brian Schmidt.

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  • Four filter fusion
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    Four filter fusion
    This stellar whirlpool is a spiral galaxy named NCG 7329, which has been imaged by Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3). Creating a colourful image such as this one using a telescope such as Hubble is not as straightforward as pointing and clicking a camera. Commercial cameras will typically try to collect as much light of all visible wavelengths as they can, in order to create the most vibrant images possible. In contrast, raw images collected by Hubble are always monochromatic, because astronomers typically want to capture very specific ranges of wavelengths of light at any time, in order to do the best, most accurate science possible. In order to control which wavelengths of light will be collected, Hubble’s cameras are equipped with a wide variety of filters, which only allow certain wavelengths of light to reach the cameras’ CCDs (a CCD is a camera’s light sensor — phone cameras also have CCDs!).

    How are the colourful Hubble images possible given that the raw Hubble images are monochromatic? This is accomplished by combining multiple different observations of the same object, obtained using different filters. This image, for example, was processed from Hubble observations made using four different filters, each of which spans a different region of the light spectrum, from the ultraviolet to optical and infrared. Specialised image processors and artists can make informed judgements about which optical colours best correspond to each filter used. They can then colour the images taken using that filter accordingly. Finally, the images taken with different filters are stacked together, and voila! The colourful image of a distant galaxy is complete, with colours as representative of reality as possible.

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  • Hubble experiences déjà vu
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    Hubble experiences déjà vu
    This jewel-bright Picture of the Week features the spiral galaxy NGC 2903. This image was captured using Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) and Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3), which were installed on Hubble in 2002 and 2009 respectively. Interestingly, Hubble has observed this particular galaxy before, in 2001, when neither the ACS or the WFC3 had yet been installed. The 2021 image boasts higher resolution, which means that NGC 2903 is more finely detailed than in the 2001 image. The ACS and WFC2 collectively cover a wide range of ultraviolet, optical and infrared wavelengths, which means that the 2021 image also has superior wavelength coverage to that of its 20-year-old predecessor. The 2001 image was taken using the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2), which was Hubble’s workhorse instrument from 1993 until 2009 when it was replaced by the WFC3.

    Hubble has a long and fascinating history of crewed service missions, which were performed in order to correct for imperfections in Hubble’s mirror, to update Hubble’s technical systems, and to remove old instruments and install new ones. One of Hubble’s most remarkable features is it’s incredible longevity, and this would not have been possible with the great success of the servicing missions. The juxtaposition of the 2001 and 2021 images of NGC 2903 — both remarkable images for their time — highlights the value of a stable, accessible platform in space that can reliably collect data, not only year after year, but decade after decade.

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  • Hubble celebrates Halloween with a glowering carbon star
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    Hubble celebrates Halloween with a glowering carbon star
    The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope celebrates Halloween this year with a striking observation of the carbon star CW Leonis, which resembles a baleful orange eye glaring from behind a shroud of smoke.

    CW Leonis glowers from deep within a thick shroud of dust in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. Lying roughly 400 light-years from Earth in the constellation Leo, CW LEonis is a carbon star — a luminous type of red giant star with a carbon-rich atmosphere. The dense clouds of sooty gas and dust engulfing this dying star were created as the outer layers of CW Leonis itself were thrown out into the void.

    When small to intermediate-mass stars run out of hydrogen fuel in their cores, the outwards pressure that balances the crush of gravity within their cores falls out of equilibrium, causing the star to start collapsing. As the core collapses, the shell of plasma surrounding the core becomes hot enough to begin fusing hydrogen, generating enough heat to dramatically expand the outer layers of the star and turn it into a bloated red giant. Stars in that phase of life eject huge amounts of gas and dust outwards into space, eventually jettisoning their outer layers. In the case of the carbon star CW Leonis, this process has surrounded the star with a dense pall of sooty dust.

    Along with CW Leonis’s smoky veil, the vibrant orange and green tints of this image make it a fitting celebration of Halloween. Hubble has captured a ghoulish gallery of halloween images over the years — from ghostly faces and cosmic bats to a carved pumpkin formed from binary stars. This year’s image resembles a single, baleful eye of cosmic proportions glaring out from within a cloud of smoke.

    While these observations make for a striking image, they were originally made to answer pressing scientific questions about CW Leonis. As the closest carbon star to Earth, CW Leonis gives astronomers the chance to understand the interaction between the star and its surrounding envelo

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  • James Webb Space Telescope completes testing
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    James Webb Space Telescope completes testing
    Webb completes testing.
    Fully assembled and fully tested, the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has completed its primary testing regimen and is soon preparing for shipment to its launch site at EuropeÕs Spaceport in French Guiana. On this photo, Webb is folded as it will be for launch.Credit: ESA / eyevine

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