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Paul Money – Images of the Universe, Volume 1 – 21st February

The February monthly meeting of the society was held at Ayton Village Hall on Friday 21st February.  Guest speaker for the meeting was Paul Money FRAS FBIS who had last visited the society around a year earlier.  The topic for … Continue reading






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Talk: “Space Chemistry” by Dr Chris Arridge

The society was visited on Friday 19th July by Dr Chris Arridge of the Mullard Space Science Laboratory (MSSL) at University College London (UCL).  Chris delivered a talk entitled “Space Chemistry”; a talk he originally developed for the International Year … Continue reading






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Cassini to photograph the Earth from around 1 Billion miles

Today sees an event that is sure to produce an iconic image.  The Cassini spacecraft will capture the full rings of Saturn as well as the Earth during an eclipse of the Sun.  The photograph follows in the footsteps of … Continue reading






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