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Find out about the biggest space missions and rocket launches scheduled for this year, with details of upcoming missions from NASA, the European Space Agency, SpaceX and more

By extracting ice cores from Antarctica, scientists are able to travel more than 800,000 years back into Earth’s climate history

Clear skies above the Royal Observatory in Greenwich make for a fantastic view – but why is the sky blue?

What is the Leonid meteor shower, when does it take place and how can I see it?

Is it a star, is it a planet or is it a plane? A handy guide to identifying that bright object you saw last night.

How the founders of British marine painting inspired generations of artists, including J.M.W. Turner

Notes, inscriptions and observations fill many of the Van de Velde drawings. What can they tell us about their artistic process?

Find out about the Dutch artists’ time in the Queen’s House

Learn how the Van de Veldes depicted naval battles in this talk, part of the 'Going Dutch' lecture series

Take part in a range of events to mark the final days of our exhibition The Van de Veldes: Greenwich, Art and the Sea