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Feb 23, ’09 1:23 PM

Tonight is the final of series 15 of University Challenge, as Corpus Christi, Oxford, take on Manchester. Both teams have done phenomenally well in all of their previous games, so tonight promises to be a tough game.

I’m tipping Manchester to win. I know a lot has been written about about Corpus Christi’s captain, Gail Trimble, [...]

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Solar Eclipse: NASA Style

Mar 12, ’07 10:09 PM

On February 25th there was a transit of the Moon across the face of the Sun – a solar eclipse – but it could not be seen from Earth. This sight was visible only from the STEREO-B spacecraft in its orbit about the sun, trailing behind the Earth. The two STEREO spacecraft were launched last [...]

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