
All About Space
Betelgeuse's bizarre dimming caused by eruption
In the autumn of 2019, red giant Betelgeuse began dimming significantly, losing about two-thirds of its brightness by February.
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All About Space
SpaceX's Next Astronaut Launch For NASA Pushed To October
SpaceX’s next astronaut mission faces another delay.
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All About Space
Do Earth-Like Planets Orbit Our Galaxy's Black Hole?
‘Blanets’ could form from the ice-covered dust particles that circle these cosmic colossi
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All About Space
2021 The Year Britain Launches To The Moon
Before humankind returns to the lunar surface, UK-built robotic spiders will be skulking across it. All About Space speaks to Pavlo Tanasyuk, the CEO of Spacebit, on spearheading an initiative to explore ancient lunar lava tubes
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BBC History Magazine
“So many people knew their parents had gone through the Holocaust and grew up with this shadow of trauma”
Barrister and TV presenter ROBERT RINDER tells us about his two-part documentary dealing with the legacy of the Holocaust and its impact on his family – and why it’s vital to talk about the trauma
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October 2020

BBC History Magazine
ROMAN - Murder most foul
MICHAEL SCOTT considers a grisly new title that contains a blood-soaked collection of Roman murder tales
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October 2020

BBC History Magazine
Paraguay's child-soldiers fought with wooden sticks, painted as muskets
Outside of South America – where it remains an open wound – the War of the Triple Alliance is largely forgotten. It lasted from 1864 to 1870 and pitted
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October 2020

BBC History Magazine
ANNE BOLEYN'S FINAL BATTLE
Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII’s second wife, famously lost her head at her husband’s behest. Tracy Borman, the presenter of a new TV series on Anne’s fall from grace, delves into the queen's dramatic final days
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October 2020

BBC History Magazine
Churchill ‘considered nuclear attack' on the USSR
The statesman was prepared to deploy extreme measures against the forces of communism, new research reveals.
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October 2020

BBC History Magazine
A life lived to the full
DIANE ATKINSON salutes an impressive new biography charting the action-packed life of Sylvia Pankhurst, from suffragette hunger strikes to secret missions to revolutionary Russia
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October 2020

BBC History Magazine
Spanish Civil War - Fighters Against Fascism
Alejandro Quiroga recommends a book that tells the stories of international soldiers who signed up to fight in the Spanish Civil War, and questions what motivated them
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October 2020

BBC History Magazine
Life After Death
Laurence Rees recommends a moving and often surprising examination of the difficulties faced by children rebuilding their lives after surviving the Holocaust
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October 2020

BBC History Magazine
We Should Keep Rewriting History: Our ‘Island Story' Is Not Set In Stone
I had made up my mind not to talk about the ‘Life in the UK’ British history test. Earlier this summer, 181 historians and authors had their say about its factual inaccuracies; about the lack of social history; the omission of black history; the downplaying of Britain’s role in the slave trade. But this, in a real sense, represents the ‘official’ narrative of our history. When the prime minister said, in response to the fall of Edward Colston’s statue in Bristol, “we cannot pretend to have a different history”, we have to assume that this is what he means.
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October 2020

Hampshire Life
Fighting For An Equal Education
Founder of Cambridge University’s first women’s college, suffragist Emily Davies was born in Southampton
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September 2020

All About Space
Sky-Watcher Explorer130PS AZ PRONTO
Perfect for astronomers on the go, this excellent Newtonian has been built with the beginner in mind
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All About Space
Deep sky challenge - Sizzling summer's clusters and nebulae
Glittering star clusters, a dead star’s corpse and a beautiful double star can all be seen this month
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All About Space
SHOOTING FOR THE MOON - HOW NASA TRAINED ITS APOLLO ASTRONAUTS
From battling river rapids and weathering sandstorms to scaling walls and flying spacecraft propelled at eyewatering speeds, preparing to be the first on the lunar surface wasn’t for the faint-hearted
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All About Space
THE CRASH THAT MADE OUR MOON
Understanding how our lunar companion was formed might just explain how we came to be here
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All About Space
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE CONTACT ALIEN LIFE?
Preparing the world for the biggest discovery in the history of humanity
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All About Space
PARKER SOLAR PROBE: TWO YEARS ON - “THIS COMING DECADE WILL BE THE GOLDEN AGE OF SOLAR AND HELIOPHYSICS RESEARCH”
All About Space catches up with the project scientist for NASA’s incredible Parker Solar Probe mission, Dr Nour Raouafi – a spacecraft continuously breaking records and surpassing all expectations as it orbits the Sun
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All About Space
HOW BIG IS ANTARES?
Using the best radio telescopes in the world, this local red supergiant star has recently been mapped in extraordinary detail
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All About Space
INTERSTELLAR RAMJET
Travelling between stars takes a lot of energy, but we might be able to pick some up on our way through space
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All About Space
Is This The End Of Space And Time?
To better understand the universe we may need to kill off Einstein’s long-standing theory
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All About Space
'Partial Supernova' Blasts White Dwarf Star Across The Milky Way
A strange white dwarf star hurtling through the Milky Way may be the survivor of a ‘partial supernova’, a new study finds.
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All About Space
WHEN SPACE IS THROWN UPWARDS ANTIGRAVITY
It’s the force that throws objects up, and if found it could be the holy grail for space travel among the stars
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All About Space
Moon tour: The Perseid last quarter Moon
Our natural satellite will interfere with this month’s meteor shower, but it’s worth looking at in its own right
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All About Space
THE HUNT FOR WHITE HOLES
The search for these eruptions in space-time has begun. Will they leave the pages of science fiction and enter reality?
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All About Space
Newborn star's X-rays shine light on Solar System's early days
In a new study, astronomers report the first detection of X-rays from a Sun-like star in the earliest phase of its evolution. This discovery may help scientists explore the earliest days of our Solar System and rewrite cosmic history.
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All About Space
ASK Space
Our experts answer your questions
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All About Space
Omegon MightyMak 90
Highly portable, simple to use and ideal for beginners on a budget, this small telescope is an excellent introduction into astronomy
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