All Astronomy
Mapping the stars’ family tree
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By taking advantage of techniques used in archaeology and biology, researchers are building a famil…
Trappist travel poster
qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 1 Mar 2017
A travel poster by NASA imagining a trip to the new exoplanets announced in late February, Trappist…
Planetary ‘spitballs’ hurtled from galaxy’s centre
qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 7 Feb 2017
Researchers believe a giant black hole at the centre of the Milky Way is hurling planet-sized objec…
The man with X-ray vision
qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 6 Feb 2017
From neutron stars to nebulas – X-ray astronomy has revealed so much of our universe. Here X-ray vi…
A very Jovian affair
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It’s not just the monstrous gravity which gives Jupiter a unique hold over humankind. It has worked…
Asteroid exploration missions announced
qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 12 Jan 2017
NASA has announced two new missions to better understand the early stages of our Solar System.
The Storr
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The Old Man of Storr with the Milky Way in the background.
Putting the sun in a box…
qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 11 Nov 2016
Last month, Ian Chapman stepped into his role as CEO of the national nuclear fusion resource – the …
Spectral emission explains galactic evolution
qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 7 Nov 2016
Astronomers have measured the intensity of oxygen emission lines over the history of the universe t…
Telescope trio capture solar wind collisions
qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 1 Nov 2016
Researchers at Trinity College Dublin have taken the highest quality images of Eta Carinae’s stella…
Mechanisms of nearby star uncovered
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Astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian centre have discovered our neighbouring star, Proxima Cent…
It’s biology Jim, but not as we know it...
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After his appearance at Lab Innovations – we hear from physicist and all-round science hero Profess…
Climbing Everest
qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 8 Oct 2016
Greg Foot, Science Presenter on the BBC and YouTube will be speaking at Lab Innovations 2016, the U…
Mystery of erupting star uncovered
qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 12 Sep 2016
Scientists have discovered that a huge supernova-like event seen in the mid-19th century for 20 yea…
Protostar provides glimpse into stellar formation
qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 24 Aug 2016
Scientists from Cambridge University have discovered a young star which could help researchers unde…
Accurate element readings measured in distant galaxy
qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 16 Aug 2016
Astronomers in California have made the first accurate measurement of the abundance of oxygen in a …
Nanoparticles
qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 15 Aug 2016
Transmission electron microscopy image showing self-assembled diblock copolymer nanoparticles.
Astronomers peer further into supernova’s past
qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 11 Aug 2016
Researchers have discovered the unknown past of a star millions of years before its explosion was s…
Newly discovered exoplanets are not alone
qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 28 Jul 2016
Astronomers from a Canadian university have given a clearer understanding on a class of exoplanets …
Dark energy measured with huge 3D map
qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 26 Jul 2016
A 3D map of more than one million galaxies has been created to measure the effects of dark energy o…
