Science and Technology

Titania: Uranus’s Largest Secretive Moon

A potential liquid ocean, seasons that last 42 years and a possible tentative atmosphere are just some of the reasons why Uranus’s moon, Titania is worthy of our attention.

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Uranus: The Coldest Ice Giant

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Uranus has become the butt of many jokes mainly due to its oft-mispronounced name. However, this iced giant offers far more than one-dimensional scatological humour. Uranus has a unique place in astronomy. The first of the planets to be discovered using a telescope by William Hershel it also possesses one of the most unique and

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Titan: Saturn’s Atmospheric Moon

It stands out. Alone, a one-of-a-kind, unique. The only moon in the Solar System, the only one to have an atmosphere. A colossal satellite compared to our own Moon, Titan has for decades defied revealing its true identity. It resides under a haze of orange-tinged cloud. A thick, noxious layer that refuses to let us get

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Hyperion: Saturn’s Irregular Moon

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Sometimes words fail us in describing panoramas. Odd, weird, bizarre, strange, these words just seem incapable of doing justice to the vista of Hyperion. The physical appearance of the moon just defies easy classification. A unique place in a Solar System filled with singular objects, there are occasions when the phrase a picture speaks a

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Iapetus: The Two-Faced Ridged Moon Of Saturn

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Iapetus is a dazzling sight. Possessing some of the largest mountains in the Solar System it is full of strange features. One of the most recognisable is its two-coloured appearance as well as an enormous ridge running along its equator. It also has a huge 580 kilometre (360 miles) wide crater called Turgis.

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Rhea: Saturn’s Mysterious Ringed Moon

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A moon that raises more questions than anything else, Rhea is a world that does not give up its mysteries easily. Does it have a rocky core? Does it have a ring system? Is there a liquid ocean underneath its icy crust? The se are all questions that scientists desperately want to answer.

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Saturn’s Moon Dione: The Ice-Cliffed Satellite

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A spherical ball with numerous scars, we are only beginning to understand the frozen world of Dione. As of yet we do not know what it is made from, what structures lay beneath its surface or what other secrets its harbours. But we are beginning to get there…

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3-D Printing: A Glimpse Into The Future

Engineered Design

We are living in a century of great changes. Our technology has never been as advanced. We finally have a practical replacement for the wasteful burning of petrochemicals in our vehicles. This alternative will only become better and more affordable as battery chemistries become refined. In the area of medicine, researchers are working on new

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