All Astronomy


Milky Way steps up in gravitational arms race

Evoluted New Media | Added: 21 Mar 2018

The apparently inevitable death of our own galaxy as it is engulfed by it’s nearest galactic neighb…

Some like it hot

Evoluted New Media | Added: 16 Mar 2018

The problem of ‘hot electrons’ mean that photovoltaic cells only harvest part of the sunlight they …

The legacy of Hawking radiation

Evoluted New Media | Added: 14 Mar 2018

Perhaps the most powerful legacy of Stephen Hawking was the inspiration he gave to others – but his…

Exploring the void

Evoluted New Media | Added: 20 Dec 2017

With the universe in constant motion, making reliable astrophysical observations can be tricky – es…

Early comet detected

Evoluted New Media | Added: 14 Dec 2017

Astronomers have identified a comet 1.5 billion miles from the Sun – a feat never achieved before –…

Boron discovery suggests Martian habitability

Evoluted New Media | Added: 12 Dec 2017

Researchers believe life may have existed on Mars, after the discovery of boron by the Curiosity ro…

Atomic secret of star formation uncovered

Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Dec 2017

Astronomers have discovered new information regarding the role of hydrogen atoms in stellar formati…

Gravitational wave insight is discovery boon

Evoluted New Media | Added: 30 Nov 2017

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

Saturn's North Pole

Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Oct 2017

An image of Saturn's North Pole captured by Cassini as it began its dives between the planet's ring…

A spot of intergalactic dusting

Evoluted New Media | Added: 11 Sep 2017

How to see through galactic dust in order to study the universe? Miguel Pereira Santaella thinks al…

A new quantum uncertainty

Evoluted New Media | Added: 5 Sep 2017

It’s quantum entanglement, but not as we know it say Kayn Forbes and David Andrews as we discover t…

When will we finally see red?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 17 Aug 2017

The players are varied and the scene is set – so who will win the new space race? Astrophysicist An…

Apprenticeships: A good step forward, but nothing new

Evoluted New Media | Added: 10 Aug 2017

They maybe much lauded, and rightly so, but apprenticeships in science are nothing new says Sir Ter…

Brightest galaxy discovered in far reaches of space

Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Aug 2017

One of the brightest galaxies to date has been discovered by astronomers based in Spain. 

Zinc oxide crystals

Evoluted New Media | Added: 10 Jul 2017

This image displays the intergrowth of Zinc oxide crystals.

Bringing the Sun down to Earth

Evoluted New Media | Added: 10 Jul 2017

Technical difficulties, experimental dead-ends and eye-watering development costs – yet the gargant…

Distant star shines light on Einstein theory

Evoluted New Media | Added: 22 Jun 2017

For the first time ever, scientists have measured the mass of a white dwarf by using the Hubble Tel…

Exoplanet research uncovers simple atmosphere

Evoluted New Media | Added: 24 May 2017

Astronomers have unexpectedly discovered a primitive atmosphere around a ‘warm Neptune’.

What's the (anti)matter

Evoluted New Media | Added: 9 May 2017

Do we need to reconsider general relativity? Have we really grasped fundamental particles? Why is t…

‘Normal’ galaxy excites astronomers

Evoluted New Media | Added: 8 May 2017

Astronomers in California have discovered one of the most distant galaxies in the universe – and no…