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In a Christmas lecture, Monica Grady will take a young Royal Institution audience on a voyage through space. Here is an exclusive extract Hello and welcome to the spaceship Hyperion. I am your captain ...

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In a Christmas lecture, Monica Grady will take a young Royal Institution audience on a voyage through space. Here is an exclusive extract Hello and welcome to the spaceship Hyperion. I am your captain ...