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Destination Mercury

Messenger is about to set off for Mercury, which it will orbit and observe for a year

Nasa's Messenger space probe, due to launch this weekend, is designed to orbit Mercury for a year and to send back pictures and data. A meteorite from the Moon that landed in Oman reveals its four-billion-year-old secrets. Scientists recording the sounds of cells in our body. The sound of the male jumping spider's courtship dance.

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大象传媒 World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project

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