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Collaborators apply intelligence to create smart telescopes

March 12, 2026
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Britain’s Hartree Centre facility has teamed with one of Africa’s leading astronomical institutions to develop an ‘intelligent observatory’ programme featuring smart, automated telescopes. The Hartree, which specialises in AI, high...
Earth & Environmental, Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Astrophysics, Atmospheric Sciences, Engineering, Environment
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Space scientist Aderin-Pocock to present bicentenary Ri Christmas Lectures

March 17, 2025
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Space scientist and broadcaster Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock will present this year’s Royal Institution (Ri) Christmas Lectures – marking the event’s 200th anniversary.
Earth & Environmental, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Astrophysics, Earth & Environmental, Engineering, Environment, Materials, Physics, Policy
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Gravitational lensing and international teamwork unveils 44 unknown stars

January 6, 2025
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Physicists from across the world studying a distant galaxy in a multinational project have discovered more than 40 previously undetected stars.
Earth & Environmental, Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Earth & Environmental, Environment, Physics
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Universities launch programme to boost UK space sector graduate opportunities

September 22, 2024
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Three south of England-based universities have launched a project to provide hands-on industry experience and training for students seeking careers in the expanding UK space industry.
Earth & Environmental, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Astrophysics, Atmospheric Sciences, Computer Science, Engineering, Environment, Materials
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Prestigious science photo competition returns

June 4, 2023
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Entries are invited for the return of the Royal Society Publishing Photography Competition after a gap of several years caused by the Covid pandemic.
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Biology, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Microbiology
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Pioneering Saudi astronaut completes space/earth experiment

June 3, 2023
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Pioneering Saudi female astronaut Rayyanah Barnawi has concluded a series of experiments aboard the International Space Station (ISS).
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Atmospheric Sciences, Cell Biology, Environment
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US space science’s $3 million lift-off for school STEM booster

April 2, 2023
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NASA has allocated more than $3 million (£2.42 million) to a number of higher education colleges across the USA and its dependent territories in order to boost opportunity in STEM...
Chemistry, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Astrophysics, Biology, Chemistry, Materials, Physics, Policy
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NASA hosts open house for Mars technology

June 9, 2022
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Space agency NASA is to host a media event to demonstrate its LOFTID technology when it is inflated for the last time on Earth before its spaceflight demonstration.
Earth & Environmental, Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Atmospheric Sciences
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Meet the supermassive black hole at the centre of our galaxy

May 23, 2022
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Scientists have captured humanity’s first look at the supermassive black hole, called Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), that is at the centre of our home galaxy, the Milky Way. The Sgr...
Earth & Environmental, Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Astrophysics, Computer Science, Environment, Physics
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Two millimetre optical microresonator will improve planetary landing success

April 21, 2022
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Smaller, they say, is better in space. A NASA-funded team led by SMU researchers think that their small, lightweight device developed to measure spaceship velocity will improve the odds of...
Materials, Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Astrophysics, Nanotech, Nanotechnology, Physics
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