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Astronomy trip out, yesterday 
Outside SOAS
I travelled to London on the train, to attend the quarterly meeting of the SPA.
These meetings are always held at SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies), which is part of London University and located just off the splendid Russell Square in Bloomsbury. read on..
In August 2008, NASA confirmed water on the planet Mars.
They have analysed Martian soil samples gathered by the Pheonix lander, from the surface of Mars.
How is this done from so far away, you may wonder? read on..
Neptune is the furthest out of the “Gas Giant” planets and is right out at the limits of our Solar System, 2800 million miles from the Sun.
The story of its discovery is fascinating… read on..
