England Key Stage 4 | The Schools' Observatory

How Do We Search For Life Elsewhere?

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Kepler's Laws: Habitable Zones

In 2017, the Liverpool Telescope was involved in the investigation of an exciting new discovery: the star system TRAPPIST-1.

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What is a galaxy?

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Distances in Space

Distances to objects in space are very, very large. The nearest star (excluding the Sun), Alpha Centauri, is 41.23 trillion km, or 41,320,000,000,000 km!!

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What is a star?

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What is a nebula?

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What is the Solar System?

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What is the Sun?

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Planet Facts Posters

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Our Sun Quiz

The Sun is our closest star and the centre of our Solar System. However, it is only one of several billion stars in our galaxy.

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