All Astronomy


Fake it ‘til you make it…

Evoluted New Media | Added: 18 Apr 2017

In the hunt for dark energy, cosmologist Dr Massimo Viola has become embroiled in a tale of decepti…

Mapping the stars’ family tree

Evoluted New Media | Added: 13 Mar 2017

By taking advantage of techniques used in archaeology and biology, researchers are building a famil…

Trappist travel poster

Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Mar 2017

A travel poster by NASA imagining a trip to the new exoplanets announced in late February, Trappist…

Planetary ‘spitballs’ hurtled from galaxy’s centre

Evoluted New Media | Added: 7 Feb 2017

Researchers believe a giant black hole at the centre of the Milky Way is hurling planet-sized objec…

The man with X-ray vision

Evoluted New Media | Added: 6 Feb 2017

From neutron stars to nebulas – X-ray astronomy has revealed so much of our universe. Here X-ray vi…

A very Jovian affair

Evoluted New Media | Added: 2 Feb 2017

It’s not just the monstrous gravity which gives Jupiter a unique hold over humankind. It has worked…

Asteroid exploration missions announced

Evoluted New Media | Added: 12 Jan 2017

NASA has announced two new missions to better understand the early stages of our Solar System.

The Storr

Evoluted New Media | Added: 11 Nov 2016

The Old Man of Storr with the Milky Way in the background.

Putting the sun in a box…

Evoluted New Media | Added: 11 Nov 2016

Last month, Ian Chapman stepped into his role as CEO of the national nuclear fusion resource – the …

Spectral emission explains galactic evolution

Evoluted New Media | Added: 7 Nov 2016

Astronomers have measured the intensity of oxygen emission lines over the history of the universe t…

Telescope trio capture solar wind collisions

Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Nov 2016

Researchers at Trinity College Dublin have taken the highest quality images of Eta Carinae’s stella…

Mechanisms of nearby star uncovered

Evoluted New Media | Added: 17 Oct 2016

Astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian centre have discovered our neighbouring star, Proxima Cent…

It’s biology Jim, but not as we know it...

Evoluted New Media | Added: 13 Oct 2016

After his appearance at Lab Innovations – we hear from physicist and all-round science hero Profess…

Climbing Everest

Evoluted New Media | Added: 8 Oct 2016

Greg Foot, Science Presenter on the BBC and YouTube will be speaking at Lab Innovations 2016, the U…

Mystery of erupting star uncovered

Evoluted New Media | Added: 12 Sep 2016

Scientists have discovered that a huge supernova-like event seen in the mid-19th century for 20 yea…

Protostar provides glimpse into stellar formation

Evoluted New Media | Added: 24 Aug 2016

Scientists from Cambridge University have discovered a young star which could help researchers unde…

Accurate element readings measured in distant galaxy

Evoluted New Media | Added: 16 Aug 2016

Astronomers in California have made the first accurate measurement of the abundance of oxygen in a …

Nanoparticles

Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 Aug 2016

Transmission electron microscopy image showing self-assembled diblock copolymer nanoparticles.

Astronomers peer further into supernova’s past

Evoluted New Media | Added: 11 Aug 2016

Researchers have discovered the unknown past of a star millions of years before its explosion was s…

Newly discovered exoplanets are not alone

Evoluted New Media | Added: 28 Jul 2016

Astronomers from a Canadian university have given a clearer understanding on a class of exoplanets …