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Professor Mark Sims on the discovery that Beagle 2 made it to the surface

16 January 2015 Astronomy Now

Professor Mark Sims of Leicester University speaks to Astronomy Now’s Keith Cooper on the discovery that Beagle 2 made it to the surface on Christmas Day 2003.

Read our full story on the new images of Beagle 2.

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News Headlines

  • Moon dust preserves record of life’s building blocks
    14 April 2026
  • Dark matter may come in multiple forms, new model suggests
    11 April 2026
  • Witness to history: Artemis II, lunar exploration and hope
    2 April 2026
  • Artificial Intelligence uncovers more than 100 new worlds in NASA data
    25 March 2026
  • XRISM solves gamma-Cas’s 50-year X-ray mystery
    24 March 2026

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