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Gravitational wave insight is discovery boon

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Researchers have discovered that gravity travels at the same speed of light, after detecting gravit…

Nobel Prize Physics winners announced

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The Nobel Prize in Physics has been announced, with one half awarded to Rainer Weiss and the other …

TRAPPIST-1 system could support life

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Some of the recently discovered planets in the TRAPPIST solar system could potentially be habitable…

Metal oxide discovered on exoplanet

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A team of astronomers have discovered, for the first time, titanium oxide on the exoplanet WASP-19b.

Mercury’s hidden ice content discovered

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Research carried out at Brown University in the US suggests more ice is present than originally tho…

Uncovering the mystery of the bow shock

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An international team of astrophysicists has revealed more about interactions between Mars and the …

Neptune in the sky with diamonds

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An international collaboration of scientists has revealed that ice giants create large amounts of d…

The icy insides of Neptune revealed

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Scientists from the University of Edinburgh have revealed the chemical make-up of Neptune’s mantle.

Could this be Planet Ten?

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Scientists are hinting there’s a new planetary object based on the outskirts of our Solar System – …

Supernova search reveals new molecules

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Previously undetected molecules from a supernova have been discovered by researchers at Cardiff Uni…

‘Styrofoam’ planet promises much for habitable planet search

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Researchers at Lehigh University in the US have discovered a new planet with a styrofoam-like densi…

Huge gravitational wave burst displaces black hole

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Astronomers have discovered a supermassive black hole that appears to have been propelled from the …

Ultra-fast winds explain galaxy growth

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Scientists at the University of Cambridge have captured the most detailed measurements of gases flo…

Mirror created to understand more about Universe’s beginnings

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An international team of astronomers and engineers have created a magnetic mirror that could be use…

Dark matter analysis challenges conventional thinking

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An international team of scientists have discovered that dark matter is less dense throughout space…

Elemental discovery points to history of water on Mars

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Boron has been detected for the first time on planet Mars, indicating the presence of long-term gro…

Asteroid collision detection improves after bright find

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Astronomers have discovered more information about the smallest known asteroid - discovered last ye…

Mercury’s surface discovery challenges conventional thinking

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Scientists have discovered large scale buckling that created a giant valley on the surface of Mercu…

Experiment to unlock secrets of cosmos suggested

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A method to understand why the universe is expanding and where dark energy comes from has been prop…

Martian water loss documented

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The amount of hydrogen – and therefore water - ejected from Mars is dependent on the proximity of t…