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BBC Ideas: A(very) short guide to the Universe

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  1. Two black swans facing each other. Their necks are in a heart shape. There are ducks around them. Behind them is a river. The ground is brown.

  2. Close up picture of hands holding catapults in a woodland setting.

  3. Mark Ieronimo and Charles Quinn stood next to a large food waste collection truck in a car park. Mark Ieronimo has short greying hair and is wearing glasses, a light blue shirt, a dark blue jumper, black trousers and an orange hi-visibility vest. Charles Quinn has short ginger hair and is wearing glasses, a light blue shirt, a grey blazer, black trousers and an orange hi-visibility vest.

  4. Drs Xand and Chris Van Tulleken sit in a forest listening to Baroness Kathy Willis.

  5. The head of a giraffe, with a large blue sky behind it. The giraffe is brown and cream in colour.

  6. A student sits at a desk in a radio studio, adjusting headphones in front of two computer monitors. The desk is surrounded by microphones, soundproofing panels, and various items including papers and clothing.

  7. A skunk, with its head sticking out in a garden, with leaves around it and grass. The animals has a white stripe down its head, to its nose and white fur on its head.

  8. A man, standing in a checked shirt, standing in front of the Oxfordshire countryside.

  9. A robin with its head tilted up sitting on leaves, twigs and moss.

  10. A small piece of corroded metal in the form of an acorn held between a person's fingers

  11. The photo shows a woman smiling at the camera. She has blonde hair and black framed glasses. She's holding a black and white cat, which is also looking at the camera. Behind her, there is a cat tree.

  12. Dr Hannah Moore in a white forensic suit and hood, with a green facemask. She is standing in front of a the wood and glass front door of a brick house, which has yellow crime scene tape in front of it.

  13. Two wine bottles, one beer bottle and three food bottles, two with lids on, resting on the side of a recycling wheelie bin, with an orange lid, and black body. There is rubbish inside the bin. The bin is by a brick wall, with grass on the ground.

  14. Four bright green boxes of "Impossible" burger patties on a shelf in the supermarket. The box is also labelled that it is "made from plants".

  15. A blurred face pinging a catapult.

  16. A picture of one of the fields where the solar farm will be built. A metal fence has been erected around the field next to a row of hedges. A digger is parked in the field near to a white van and a pile of earth.

  17. A close-up of the violin shows a slightly worn wooden frame and four strings.

  18. A sloped roof on top of a house which has fitted grid-patterned solar panels on it. It is placed above brown tiles on what looks like a sunny day.

  19. A close up image of the moon shining bright over the island standing out sharply against the surrounding darkness. It's white with black marks across it. The skyline around it is completely black.

  20. A young woman stands to the left of a horse, smiling at the camera. She wears a forest green t-shirt, open red zip fleece, and a big navy blue hat speckled with pink. The brown horse with a white forehead stripe and black mane holds its head close to the woman's chest, looking at the camera.

  21. A meteor seen on a garden security camera.

  22. A small brown and white bird with some black around its eye perches on a bush. Its back is to the camera and it it looking to the left. Parts of the bush can be seen around it.

  23. The image shows a dramatic night-time Dartmoor landscape at Haytor featuring a large, rugged rock formation beneath a cloudy sky illuminated by a full moon. Two small human figures are visible on the rocks—one near the centre-left and another on the far right, who appears to be raising both arms. Some vegetation is present at the base of the rocks.

  24. A picture of a bright white circular Moon with darker grey patches and detailing dotted across. The moon is a stark contrast to the pitch black background.