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Experiments, discoveries and the everyday science hiding in plain sight — explained clearly, without the jargon.

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Why Is the Sky Blue — and Why Does It Turn Orange at Sunset?

Sunlight looks white, but it is really every colour mixed together. What happens next is the reason the sky changes colour twice a day.

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Space & Sky

Orbits, the Moon, and why the sky does what it does.

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