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Thor’s Helmet
Evoluted New Media | Added: 4 Aug 2015
The distinctive shape of the nebula NGC 2359 has led to it also being known as Thor’s Helmet, resem…

Lagoon Nebula
Evoluted New Media | Added: 30 Jul 2015
The stellar nursery of the Lagoon Nebula lies in the constellation of Sagittarius is situated some …

Kepler mission discovers an Earth-like planet
Evoluted New Media | Added: 27 Jul 2015
NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope has confirmed the first near-Earth-sized planet orbiting another star…

Nanoscale forces solve puddle problem
Evoluted New Media | Added: 23 Jul 2015
Scientists have discovered that the forces responsible for stopping a liquid from spreading on a so…

World’s oldest scientific prize awarded to Peter Higgs
Evoluted New Media | Added: 20 Jul 2015
The Royal Society’s Copley Medal – the world’s oldest scientific prize – has been awarded to Profes…

Big leap into Neptune’s magnetic field
Evoluted New Media | Added: 17 Jul 2015
By combining 26-year old data with supercomputer simulations, scientists have modelled Neptune’s ma…

Pluto’s ice secrets revealed
Evoluted New Media | Added: 16 Jul 2015
Images from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft have revealed an abundance of methane ice on Pluto.!--mo…

NASA’s probe reaches Pluto
Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 Jul 2015
After more than nine years and a 3 billion mile journey, NASA’s New Horizon mission spacecraft has …

New particle discovered at the LHC
Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 Jul 2015
Physicists at CERN have discovered a new class of particles known as pentaquarks.!--more--
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New Director for ESA
Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 Jul 2015
Johann-Dietrich Woerner is the new Director General of The European Space Agency (ESA).!--more--
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Eduardo Miranda and musical slime mould
Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 Jul 2015
A musical ‘duet’ between slime mould and a scientist creates beautiful and unusual sounds. Professo…

Top physics prize awarded to Professor Yablonovitch
Evoluted New Media | Added: 7 Jul 2015
The Institute of Physics has awarded its’ highest International award – the Isaac Newton Medal and …

Spiral Planetary Nebula
Evoluted New Media | Added: 26 Jun 2015
The strange S-shape that gives the Spiral Planetary Nebula its common name is seen clearly in this …

Elusive magnetospheric plasma tubes finally recorded
Evoluted New Media | Added: 26 Jun 2015
After 60 years of research, astronomers have finally observed structures of plasma – one of the fou…

Martian glass may reveal ancient life
Evoluted New Media | Added: 24 Jun 2015
By using data from Mars, geologists have discovered evidence for the presence of glass which may be…

What will follow the James Webb Space Telescope?
Evoluted New Media | Added: 17 Jun 2015
Scientists are calling for a giant space telescope to follow the James Webb Space Telescope – Profe…

Solar flare
Evoluted New Media | Added: 12 Jun 2015
On 11th March, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured a significant burst of radiation known as…

Back in time to discover farthest galaxy
Evoluted New Media | Added: 12 Jun 2015
Data collected from several space telescopes has allowed astronomers to locate the most distant gal…

Dwarf star explains water origins
Evoluted New Media | 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
Evoluted New Media | Added: 8 Jun 2015
This mosaic of the Caloris basin (main image) on the surface of the planet is an enhanced colour c…