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An image of Venus created using data from NASA's Magellan spacecraft and Pioneer Venus Orbiter. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Facts about the planet Venus

Apollo photos: new exhibition

Meteor-Munchies

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Bake our meteor munchies

Auroral Crown © Yulia Zhulikova

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IAPY 2017: the shortlist

Cook our Saturn Soup with muffins and cheesy moons

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Cook our Saturn Soup with muffins and cheesy moons

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Tales from the Eyepiece: Stone Knives And Bearskins

3D spherical Mercury cake. Credit: Katharine Kilgour.

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How to bake a cake shaped like the planet Mercury

Several solar telescopes were set up outside to give everyone a great look at our nearest star

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North West Astronomy Festival 2014

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Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock to join The Sky at Night

The late Sir Patrick Moore. Credit: BBC Sky at Night Magazine

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Your tributes to Sir Patrick Moore

A star trail image captured by Chap Him Wong that won the 'People and Space' category in the 2015 Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition. Credit: Chap Him Wong

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Episode 31 – Astronomy Photographer of the Year

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Episode 30 – Summertime Astronomy

Shadow bands may be visible from Antarctica in 2021. Credit: Antarctic Logistics & Expeditions (ALE)

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Vodcast Episode 28 – Chasing the Northern Lights

The dome of the Grade II-listed Altazimuth Pavilion building at the Royal Observatory Greenwich, where the new telescope is housed. Credit: Katherine Shaw / BBC Sky at Night Magazine

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Vodcast Episode 25 – Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2010