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Alice returns results

September 15, 2014
News
Alice, the miniature ultra-violet imaging spectrograph aboard the Rosetta orbiter, has successfully relayed its first science data from Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko – it’s darker than expected. NASA’s Alice has been mapping...
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Astrophysics, Physics
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Galaxy forming stars at ferocious rate

September 5, 2014
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A galaxy giving birth to new stars at a ferocious rate has been spotted by NASA astronomers. Dubbed Sparky, the fully-developed elliptical galaxy is a gas-deficient mass of ancient stars...
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Astrophysics, Physics
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Lithium problem solved…almost

September 4, 2014
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Lithium has proved to be a stubborn problem for astrophysicists; the quantities predicted to have resulted from the Big Bang are not present in stars, but the figures have recently...
Physics & Engineering
Astrophysics, Physics
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Van der Waals prevents asteroid spinning apart

August 27, 2014
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A near-Earth asteroid rotates so quickly that it defies gravity and is held together by van der Waals cohesive forces, a phenomenon never before seen on an asteroid. Researchers from...
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Physics
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Self-assembly robots that walk away

August 21, 2014
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A combination of origami and electronic engineering has led to the development of a robot that simply folds itself up and walks away. Using paper and polystyrene, researchers from Harvard...
Physics & Engineering
Computer Science
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New string theory explains guitarists’ sounds

August 7, 2014
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A University of Oxford scientist has developed a new string theory in which he describes how the techniques employed by lead guitarists result in their distinctive sound. Methods such as...
Physics & Engineering
Physics, Theoretical Physics
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Rosetta catches up to comet 67P

August 6, 2014
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Comet-chaser Rosetta has completed its decade-long journey and finally met up with comet 67P.The European Space Agency spacecraft has become the first to rendezvous with a comet, opening up a...
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Physics
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Voyager may not be in interstellar space

August 4, 2014
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In 2012, Voyager 1 crossed into interstellar space, but it might not have reached this historic milestone at all. Despite observations suggesting the spacecraft has crossed the boundary, there is...
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Physics
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Titan’s ocean as salty as Dead Sea

July 4, 2014
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NASA scientists have firm evidence that the ocean inside Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, might be as salty as the Dead Sea on Earth. Over the last decade, the Space Agency’s...
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Physics
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Spectral rule to measure stars

July 1, 2014
News
Astronomers have developed a spectral ruler as a means of measuring stars. It is the first standardised set of measurement guidelines for analysing and cataloguing stars: there was previously no...
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Physics
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