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Planet 9 ‘stolen’ by our Sun

qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 20 Jun 2016

Scientists in Sweden have said it’s highly likely that Planet 9 was stolen from the orbit of anothe…

Astronomers detect hydrogen gas signal emitted before Earth existed

qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 14 Jun 2016

Astronomers have managed to detect hydrogen gas signals from a galaxy that existed before the Earth…

Clues to supermassive black hole creation found

qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 6 Jun 2016

Italian scientists believe they have found two objects in the early universe that are the origin of…

New understanding of Sun’s infancy possible

qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 19 May 2016

The ability to view in depth images of a nearby star has provided an international team of astronom…

Supermassive black hole find defies science prediction

qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 26 Apr 2016

NASA scientists have discovered a supermassive black hole in an unlikely part of the universe, whic…

Harnessing the quantum world

qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 2 Mar 2016

Professor Raymond Laflamme describes the quantum world, and details the biggest challenges involved…

Universe’s ‘missing' matter discovered

qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 26 Feb 2016

The cosmological model detailing the density of matter in the Universe has been confirmed by an int…

Stars found to have ‘super strong’ magnetic fields

qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 21 Jan 2016

In a surprising discovery, astronomers have detected strong magnetic fields in stars twice the size…

Martian valleys carved by less ancient water

qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 9 Dec 2015

Martian valleys could have been carved by much less water in a much shorter time span than previous…

From bright stars to dark energy

qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 23 Nov 2015

Dr Rita Tojeiro was recently awarded one of five 2015 L’Oréal-UNESCO UK & Ireland Women In Science …

Pluto’s largest moon, Charon

qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 17 Nov 2015

NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has returned the best colour and the highest resolution images yet o…

Mathematicians weigh in on stellar mass

qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 4 Nov 2015

Mathematicians have developed a new method for measuring the mass of pulsars.!--more--

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The extreme science of ‘White Mars’

qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 2 Nov 2015

In one of the coldest, most isolated and remote places on Earth, a multicultural crew of 13 perform…

Veil Nebula

qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 2 Nov 2015

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured a small section of the debris of one of the best-known s…

Stellar mosaic shows close relation with our galactic neighbour

qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 8 Oct 2015

Astronomers have found similarities between new-born stars in our galaxy and a neighbouring one.

Comet Lovejoy

qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 30 Sep 2015

Comet Lovejoy sails through the solar system in a green haze leaving cometary dust in its wake.

What’s the next step for Mars exploration?

qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 29 Sep 2015

Following yesterday’s announcement linking dark streaks on the surface of Mars with liquid water, s…

NASA confirms that liquid water flows on today’s Mars

qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 28 Sep 2015

New findings from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) provide the strongest evidence yet that …

Dark matter distribution mapped

qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 24 Sep 2015

New images reveal the amount of dark matter in the Universe and its distribution in distant galaxie…

Mind on matter - Mark Miodownik speaks up for Materials Science

qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 14 Sep 2015

Professor Mark Miodownik, Materials Scientist, Engineer and Broadcaster tells us about his current …