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Did you know?The Earth’s atmosphere
We may take it for granted but without it we would not exist. Find out more...
Did you know? Astronomical tidbits
Elizabeth Cocking
Oct 23, 2020
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Did you know? - the planets
The Earth is not a sphere ! It is an oblate spheroid. Due to its rotation it bulges out at the equator about 43 km more than at the...
Elizabeth Cocking
May 1, 2018
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