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    XMM campaign

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    XMM campaign

    Spacecraft Selected articles covering from how a mission is chosen, designed, built and tested, through to getting into space and what happens when the mission is over.

    Exploring space

    Astronomy/cosmology 

    Exploring space

    Astronomy/cosmology Selected articles covering objects and phenomena in the Universe, and the observational methods we use to study them.

    Fundamental physics 

    Fundamental physics Selected articles explaining some basic physics, and related effects, and some of the more abtract concepts which are thought to govern the Universe.

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    History of space science 

    Comet Halley depicted on the Bayeux tapestry

    History of space science Selected articles documenting how and when things happened, the stories behind some of the great discoveries in astronomy and space science, and the people who made them.

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