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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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Catch Mars and Venus in the early evening sky of late November

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Find a location that offers you an unobstructed view of the horizon from south to southwest an hour after sunset. With clear skies, you’ll be able to follow Venus and Mars from night to night on their celestial peregrinations through the constellations of Sagittarius and Capricornus. The two planets almost keep pace with each other throughout the remainder of November.

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See the old crescent Moon join the morning planet parade on 18 September

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Observers in Western Europe should look to the east an hour before sunrise on Monday, 18 September to see not only dazzling Venus and the old crescent Moon in the same binocular field of view, but planets Mars and Mercury against the stars of Leo too.

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NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity has begun the steep ascent of an iron-oxide-bearing ridge that’s grabbed scientists’ attention since before the car-sized rover’s 2012 landing.

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  • Evidence grows for pulsar at the heart of famed supernova remnant

    1 March 2021
  • Juno mission extended, will now study Jupiter’s moons and rings

    26 February 2021
  • Video provides thrilling bird’s eye view of Mars landing

    22 February 2021
  • Perseverance Mars rover lands on Mars, beams back dramatic photos

    19 February 2021
  • The case for, and against, the still-unseen Planet 9

    16 February 2021
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