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    2. Maggie Aderin-Pocock
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    Maggie Aderin-Pocock

    Space engineer

    Maggie Aderin-Pocock is a space engineer and a co-presenter on the BBC's The Sky at Night.

    Recent articles by Maggie Aderin-Pocock

    A view of Saturn captured by the Cassini spacecraft on 2 January 2010 from about 2.3 million km away. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute
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    Solar System images have the power to transport us to other worlds

    Then-Vatican Observatory director Father Coyne in the observatory of the Vatican, January 1992. Photo by Raphael GAILLARDE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images
    Science

    A brief history of the Vatican Observatory

    Snow-capped peak of Mauna Kea, the tallest volcano on Earth. Credit: JTSorrell / Getty Images
    Science

    How Earth’s tallest volcano compares to volcanoes in our Solar System

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    Why I'm convinced there's alien life in the Universe Credit: honglouwawa / Getty
    Science

    Why I’m convinced there is alien life in the Universe

    A remarkable view of Earth from Apollo 16, taken on 16 April 1972, reveals a world of blue and white with a hint of brown; (inset) the image before it was digitally restored. Credit: NASA / Toby Ord
    Science

    Earth: the only planet known to support life

    Could the Drake equation be used to calculate the likelihood that alien life exists somewhere in the Galaxy? Credit: maxwellcitizenkepler / Getty
    Science

    A formula for alien life? Understanding the Drake Equation

    How did the Moon form? Credit: Mark Garlick / Science Photo Library / Getty Images
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    How did the Moon form?

    Orion constellation over a dark forest at night. Credit: Yuga Kurita / Getty Images
    Advice

    Will the constellations move and change over time?

    Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope. Credit: NASA, ESA, A. Simon (Goddard Space Flight Center), and M.H. Wong (University of California, Berkeley) and the OPAL team
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    Why are planets round?

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    Why go to Mars? Because it would be the trip of a lifetime

    The Sky at Night's Maggie Aderin Pocock
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    How I got into space and astronomy

    Beagle 2 lead scientist Colin Pillinger pictured with a model of Beagle 2 at the Lander Operations Planning Centre on 27 November 2003 in Milton Keynes, UK. Credit: Scott Barbour/Getty Images
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    What happened to Beagle 2?

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