All Astronomy
Back in time to discover farthest galaxy
hjcmtbbcwq.d hjcmtbbcwq.d | Added: 12 Jun 2015
Data collected from several space telescopes has allowed astronomers to locate the most distant gal…
Dwarf star explains water origins
hjcmtbbcwq.d hjcmtbbcwq.d | Added: 11 Jun 2015
By using data from a dwarf star, scientists found evidence that water could be delivered to Earth-l…
The mosaic of the Caloris basin, Mercury
hjcmtbbcwq.d hjcmtbbcwq.d | Added: 8 Jun 2015
This mosaic of the Caloris basin (main image) on the surface of the planet is an enhanced colour c…
NASA's MESSENGER mission has come to an end
hjcmtbbcwq.d hjcmtbbcwq.d | Added: 5 Jun 2015
NASA’s MESSENGER mission has come to an end.
Hiding in plain sight
hjcmtbbcwq.d hjcmtbbcwq.d | Added: 28 May 2015
What was the fate of the compact massive galaxies that populated the early Universe? This has been …
Capturing elusive anti-atoms
hjcmtbbcwq.d hjcmtbbcwq.d | Added: 28 May 2015
For the first time, scientists at CERN have measured the charge of an anti-atom to high precision. …
Martian anti-freeze makes liquid water possible
hjcmtbbcwq.d hjcmtbbcwq.d | Added: 11 May 2015
Data from NASA’s rover – Curiosity – has shown that liquid water could exist on Mars. !--more-- A …
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No - it’s a snake...seriously, a flying snake.
hjcmtbbcwq.d hjcmtbbcwq.d | Added: 22 Apr 2015
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No - it’s a snake...seriously, a flying snake. Jake Socha, professor a…
Underground ocean found on Jupiter’s largest moon
hjcmtbbcwq.d hjcmtbbcwq.d | Added: 10 Apr 2015
Scientists have used a new approach to find evidence for a subsurface saltwater ocean on Jupiter's …
Chemistry in the perfect coffee
hjcmtbbcwq.d hjcmtbbcwq.d | Added: 18 Mar 2015
Computational chemistry and coffee; not – you might imagine – natural bedfellows. But Theoretical a…
New approach puts kids in space!
hjcmtbbcwq.d hjcmtbbcwq.d | Added: 11 Feb 2015
Crossing the traditional boundaries of education and active research – the Langton Star Centre is n…
Japan aims for deep impact
hjcmtbbcwq.d hjcmtbbcwq.d | Added: 22 Jan 2015
The Japanese space agency has launched a mission to return samples collected from deep within an as…
Chancellor puts money where mouth is for mission to Mars
hjcmtbbcwq.d hjcmtbbcwq.d | Added: 19 Jan 2015
In his autumn statement, Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has made clear Government’s int…
Hydrogen detected three billion light years
hjcmtbbcwq.d hjcmtbbcwq.d | Added: 5 Jan 2015
Astronomers have detected faint signals of hydrogen gas at a record distance of three billion light…
We're living in the Quantum Age, says Brian Clegg
hjcmtbbcwq.d hjcmtbbcwq.d | Added: 19 Dec 2014
In his latest book, Brian Clegg looks at how the physics of the very small has transformed our live…
The answer is in the intergalactic wind
hjcmtbbcwq.d hjcmtbbcwq.d | Added: 24 Nov 2014
Astronomers have observed the first direct evidence that an intergalactic “wind” is stripping galax…
Philae to start drilling
hjcmtbbcwq.d hjcmtbbcwq.d | Added: 14 Nov 2014
Scientists have started drilling into comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko amid fears that the battery a…
We are on the comet
hjcmtbbcwq.d hjcmtbbcwq.d | Added: 12 Nov 2014
Philae has now stabilised on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko after landing not once; not twice but…
Countdown to Rosetta’s comet landing
hjcmtbbcwq.d hjcmtbbcwq.d | Added: 7 Nov 2014
The Rosetta space mission will attempt the first ever landing on the surface of a comet on 12th Nov…
Half as much dark matter as astronomers thought
hjcmtbbcwq.d hjcmtbbcwq.d | Added: 15 Oct 2014
The Milky Way contains half as much dark matter than previously thought according to new research w…
