ROB CAMERON

BBC Prague Correspondent
Articles tagged 'science'

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Mars
MarsCzech scientists offer chance to send message from Mars to Earth

Czech scientists are offering people the chance to send a message from Mars to Earth. Eleven audio files will make the journey from Earth to Mars – and one of the recorded messages will then be beamed back here to Earth. The competition – which is open to anyone in the world – is part of the Exomars Rover project, which is due to land on the Red Planet in 2021.

BBC World Service2019-03-19czech science
Tycho
TychoDanish astronomer Tycho Brahe exhumed to solve mystery

The body of 16th century astronomer Tycho Brahe has been exhumed in Prague to ascertain the cause of his death. According to one legend the Danish nobleman – who served as royal mathematician to Emperor Rudolf II – died when his bladder exploded because he was too polite to rise from the royal table before the emperor. Others claim he was murdered.

BBC News2010-11-15bohemia crime prague science