Quiz: How well do you know our Sun?
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Category: Q & A
How fast is it possible to go?
Time to strap yourself in as Giles Sparrow is about to take you on a trip to the land of particle physics
Has a shuttle’s landing parachute ever failed?
And if it did, what happened next? Space expert Giles Sparrow answers all after the jump
How does the Sun burn if there is no oxygen in space?
Got a burning desire for the answer? Then read on
In which direction do we look to see back to the Big Bang?
Find out which way astronomers point their telescopes to see the start of the cosmos
Has any satellite orbiting Earth ever been hit by space junk or meteoroids?
Are our satellites under bombardment?
