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"One Giant Leap for Mankind" On July 20, 1969, U.S. astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin Jr. detached the lunar landing craft, the Eagle, from the Apollo 11 and traveled the remaining distance to the moon. At 4:18 p.m. Eastern Time, they landed on the edge of the Sea of Tranquility (so called because early astronomers mistook ancient volcanic eruptions on the moon to be seas). At 10:56, he looked into the camera attached to the Eagle and made one of the most memorable statements of the century: "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."
 
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  Venus is the second planet from the sun and lies between Mercury and Earth. It is the brightest of all planets and is named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty. Venus resembles Earth in size, shape and mass and is the only planet to rotate clockwise!  
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 Fahad Alfadhl
Is it the colour of the sky makes the ocean looks blue or is it that the colour of the ocean that makes the sky looks blue?

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 Fahad Alfadhl
What is the actual colour of the sky? Blue or black?

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right
Are wormholes real?

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billybobbuddy
How large is the sun?

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Mr Julius Barkhau
I have often wondered, our universe started from the Big bang theory and science has just about proven it so.

I have never heard scientist mention any thing about the possibility of maybe another big bang happening some where else deep in space, or maybe many more such happenings.

Julius

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klaauser
What is a black hole?

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Hello,

could you tell me how long a day on Pluto will be in earth hours/days?

Thanks

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Mr matt furst
Approximately how long does it take to cycle from one moon to the next new moon?

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Mr I Sparky
What will happen when all the planets in the Solar System line up in order in a straight line with the Sun?

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tonebone
If I was travelling in a spaceship at 50,000 miles per hour and I shone a torch out of the front window what speed would the light travel at and why?

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Mr Nav P
Why is the Moon White?

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joey UK
How big is the biggest star that we know of, what is it called and how far away from earth is it?

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Mr Dennis Wilcox
What is the third planet from the sun?

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Mr Ralph Aldhous
Where was the big bang?

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Mr Bill Brown
Re-entry of space vehicles to Earth's atmosphere: What causes the extreme

heat build-up upon re-entry? Does it have something to do with the speed

of the vehicle versus rotational speed of the Earth and/or the air density?

The friction is caused by what?

Thanks!!

Bill

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andy
What effect did scientists notice about light they deemed from stars and galaxies?

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none
Who was the first woman in space?

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Can you name six stars of the sky?

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Judi
Ancient astronomers were troubled by variations in the brightness of the various planets with time. Does the Ptolemaic or the Copernican model account better for these variations?

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Judi
What must be your location if the stars move across the sky in circles centered directly overhead?

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HuronDesolation
What is the colour of the sky on Mars?

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What would you need to survive in outer space?

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Miss ernestine byrd
What is the 3rd planet?

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Miss Hayley Hutchinson
Why is the world round?

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Cyber Man UK
I have heard if an heavy object such as an hammer and a light object such as a feather are dropped from the same height at the same time on the moon; they will both hit the ground at the same time.

How can this be?

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Mr George Szabo
Early sailors discovered a gradual change in the position of the North Star. This helped to prove what about the earth?

A) Earth is round.

B) Earth is flat at it's poles.

C) Earth rotates on its axis.

D) Earth is approximately 40,074 kms in circumference.

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 d fleetwood
What is the beginning of eternity at the end of time and space, the start of every ending, the end of every race?

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Ms Janet Murduck
Who explained how the Universe began and what black holes are?

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Mrs Gemz Michelle
Who used telescopes to make important discoveries about planets?

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Ms Casey Landon
Who discovered that it was the pull of the suns gravity that kept the planets in there orbits?

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Ms Casey Landon
Who discovered that it was the pull of the earths gravity that kept the planets in orbit?

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Mr Jonathan Greenaway
How do I find out where the moon is going to rise or set on any given night?

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Ms Sharan kaur
Why is the moon moving away from the earth at the rate of 2 inches per century?

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mac
Why do astronauts not use mobile phones in space. Surely available satellites can simply be turned to send / receive their transmissions?

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None Tanzania
What forces act on spacemen?

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Sharki
Decay of Sun's orbit around the galaxy?

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Miss Kavita Pall
What GCSEs are appropriate for a career in astrophysics?

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fuji2uk
At what distance does the earth appear round?

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Mr Ben Morse
The radius of the moon's orbit is how many times larger than the radius of the earth?

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radyoman
If there is no center, or edge to the universe, how do they know what direction the object within are moving? Who can they say the universe is expanding, if there is no starting reference point?

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Mr Bob Bobby
Why is space black?

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Ms Sharan kaur
Who is considered to be the greatest scientist in the history of astronomy? Why?

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Ms Sharan kaur
How is astronomy different from other subjects?

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 joseph  brown
Is it true that a giant explosion inside a black hole will destroy/weaken it?

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Mr eric  robson
Explain the significance of very heavy elements in our Sun and the Earth.

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Mr A Chandra
Can anyone explain the origins of the universe? I mean surely it is impossible to get EVERYTHING from NOTHING? The best analogy I can come up with is it is like being in an enormous desert, with nothing but sand all around, and finding you've baked quite a nice cake, with no ingredients, oven, or indeed power supply. Am I wrong?

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Mr Sivadas M.
How long did the space shuttle "Discovery" take to reach in orbit when it launched last time?

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Mrs Janet Easterling
What's the name of the high-speed band of air high up in the atmosphere that runs around the planet at speeds up to 250 mph?

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Prof Monika Kostera Sweden
What are the arguments for the existence of gravitons?

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Ms Sharan kaur
Who was the first person to identify a blackhole? How many blackholes are known to human beings?

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