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    Astrobiologist Lewis Dartnell University of Westminster

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    Dr. Lewis Dartnell is an astrobiologist and science author based at the University of Westminster.

    Recent articles by Lewis Dartnell

    Globular cluster Messier 54, captured by the VLT Survey Telescope at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in northern Chile. Credit: ESO
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    How dark is space?

    An artist's conception of a hot Jupiter. These are exoplanets similar to Jupiter in our own Solar System, but orbiting much closer to their host star. Credit: NASA/Ames/JPL-Caltech
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    What if a hot Jupiter existed in our Solar System?

    Artist's illustration showing what it would look to see a transit of Earth from Mars. Credit: NASA/JPL
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    Is it possible to see Earth transit the Sun from Mars?

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    Artist's impression of the James Webb Space Telescope. Credit: ESA, NASA, S. Beckwith (STScI) and the HUDF Team, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems / STScI / ATG medialab
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    How James Webb Space Telescope will study planets beyond our Solar System

    A 2,000km-wide cyclonic storm on Jupiter, captured by the Juno spacecraft. Image data: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS / Image processing by Kevin M. Gill, © CC BY
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    What’s going on beneath Jupiter’s clouds?

    Illustration showing a star surrounded by a protoplanetary disk. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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    Why are there so many different kinds of planet?

    Europa viewed from NASA’s Galileo spacecraft. Note the bright ice, huge cracks and dark patches that probably contain both ice and dirt Image: NASA/Ted Stryk
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    How thick is moon Europa’s icy crust?

    Illustration showing dinosaurs observing the landing of the asteroid that created the Chicxulub crater. Credit: Elena Duvernay/Stocktrek Images/Getty Images
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    What was the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs?

    Artist’s conception of the view toward the young star Beta Pictoris from the outer edge of its disk. This disk of dust and gas orbiting the star is produced by collisions between and evaporation of asteroids and comets. Credit: NASA/FUSE/Lynette Cook
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    Did planetary migration stunt Mars’s growth?

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    The moons of Uranus, including (clockwise from top) Miranda, Umbriel and Ariel, could have oceans under their surface. Credit: NASA/JPL
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    Are there subsurface oceans on the moons of Uranus?

    Could humans be too heavy to land on Mars? Credit: NASA
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    Could humans be too heavy to land on Mars?

    The Arsia Mons Elongated Cloud. Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin/J. Cowart, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO
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    The curious cloud above Mars’s Arsia Mons volcano

    The K2-290 system, with its tilted primary star, K2-290A, and two transiting planets. Credit: Sakkmesterke / iStock / Getty Images
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    The planets that orbit a backward-spinning star

    Artist's impression of an asteroid belt. Credit: Maciej Frolow / Getty Images
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    Asteroid Belt: what is it and how did it form?

    Lights over the city of Granada, Spain. Has lockdown helped reduce light pollution in the city? Credit: Marco Ritzki / Getty Images
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    Has lockdown affected light pollution?

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