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Pale Blue Dot Photo

ward 16/02/2015

25 years ago, Voyager 1 turned round and took a picture of the Earth from 3.7 billion miles away. It is known as the Pale Blue Dot photo and it’s amazing.

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Brilliant explanation of the Big Bang – space stuff on Youtube

ward 04/03/2014

There are also lots of youtube clips that teach you things. You can get totally educated and shit watching exciting animated clips and documentaries. I am currently watching a lot of astronomy related videos on youtube.

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