Astronomy

La Palma and the European North Observatory

Author: 
Craig Sawyer

Last April, a small delegation from King's joined forces with a similar yet smaller delegation from Marlborough College, courtesy of contact between Miss Astin and Mr Barclay. What resulted was a joint trip of two teachers - Mr Barclay from Marlborough and Dr Taylor from King's - and three students, Malcolm Morgan and me from King's, and Simon  from Marlborough.

The Gas Giants

Author: 
Christopher Barry

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A Gas Giant is a large planet that is not predominantly composed of rocky material. The upper mass limit for gas giants is 8 times Jupiter's mass. Above this mass, the core will start to fuse hydrogen and the planet will ignite into a red dwarf.

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