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NASA confirms that liquid water flows on today’s Mars

September 28, 2015
New findings from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) provide the strongest evidence yet that liquid water flows intermittently on present-day Mars.

Mind on matter – Mark Miodownik speaks up for Materials Science

September 14, 2015
Professor Mark Miodownik, Materials Scientist, Engineer and Broadcaster tells us about his current work and why we should love our material world You’ve recently published a paper on material stimuli...

Bullet Through Lemon, 1955.

September 11, 2015
This image, taken in 1955, is part of the exhibition Revelations: Experiments in Photography at Media Space, London, open until 13 September 2015 and the National Media Museum, Bradford from...

Rosette Nebula

August 20, 2015
Measuring 50 light years in diameter, the large, round Rosette Nebula is found on the edge of a molecular cloud in the constellation of Monoceros the Unicorn.

Orion Nebula

August 18, 2015
One of the most well-known astronomical objects in our universe is the Orion Nebula and this image depicts the wider region of the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex that is home...

Aurora Panorama

August 13, 2015
The vivid green Northern Lights dance above Lyngenfjord, the longest fjord in Troms county in Norway, tracing out the shape of the Earth's magnetic field above the waters.

Hunting whistlers in the bush

August 5, 2015
Deep in the Australian Outback, testbed studies for the Square Kilometer Array have made it possible to survey plasma structures, one of the four fundamental states of matter, in the...

Thor’s Helmet

August 4, 2015
The distinctive shape of the nebula NGC 2359 has led to it also being known as Thor's Helmet, resembling the headgear of the Norse God (and Marvel superhero).

Lagoon Nebula

July 30, 2015
The stellar nursery of the Lagoon Nebula lies in the constellation of Sagittarius is situated some 5,000 light years away.

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