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Mark Thompson

England, Norfolk County, UK
As seen in: MSN, IEEE Spectrum, Phys.org, ScienceAlert, Universe Today, Southern Living, Knowridge Science Report
Broadcaster & Author exploring STEM through TV, radio, theatre & books | BBC Stargazing Live | Hon Doc from @UEA | denise@cahootstheatrecompany.com
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The Planet That Lied About Its Own Spin

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By Mark Thompson
| Universe Today Verified
Every so often a piece of research comes along that isn't really about a discovery, it's about a mistake we didn't know we were making. This is one of those, and it happens to be about one of our nearest planetary neighbours. Venus takes 243 Earth days to turn once on its axis, one of the slowest rotations of anything in the Solar System. But if you only watched its clouds, you'd conclude something completely different.
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The Sun Doesn't Care About Your Flight Schedule

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By Mark Thompson
| Universe Today Verified
I've spent enough hours in the cockpit of single engine aircraft to have a healthy respect for weather. Cloud, wind, ice, all the usual suspects. What I hadn't fully reckoned with, until this piece of research landed, is that the sky I fly through is only the thinnest sliver of a much bigger, much more violent weather system, one that starts 150 million km away away on the Sun.
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The Brightened Night Sky Nobody Actually Wanted

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By Mark Thompson
| Universe Today Verified
I have spent a good part of my life pointing telescopes upward and trying to persuade people to look up too. So it takes something fairly extraordinary to make me genuinely uneasy about what's coming for the night sky. This does it.
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