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The Storr

November 11, 2016
The Old Man of Storr with the Milky Way in the background.

Putting the sun in a box…

November 11, 2016
Last month, Ian Chapman stepped into his role as CEO of the national nuclear fusion resource – the UK Atomic Energy Authority. Aged 34, he is one of the youngest...

Spectral emission explains galactic evolution

November 7, 2016
Astronomers have measured the intensity of oxygen emission lines over the history of the universe to better understand how galaxies form.

Telescope trio capture solar wind collisions

November 1, 2016
Researchers at Trinity College Dublin have taken the highest quality images of Eta Carinae’s stellar winds colliding, an event that which will aid learning of star evolution and death.

Mechanisms of nearby star uncovered

October 17, 2016
Astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian centre have discovered our neighbouring star, Proxima Centauri, has more in common with our Sun than previously thought. A small red dwarf, it is orbited by...

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

October 13, 2016
After his appearance at Lab Innovations – we hear from physicist and all-round science hero Professor Jim Al-Khalili OBE on the strange world of quantum biology

Climbing Everest

October 8, 2016
Greg Foot, Science Presenter on the BBC and YouTube will be speaking at Lab Innovations 2016, the UK’s leading event dedicated to laboratory professionals, which returns to Birmingham’s NEC on...

Mystery of erupting star uncovered

September 12, 2016
Scientists have discovered that a huge supernova-like event seen in the mid-19th century for 20 years had happened more than once before.

Protostar provides glimpse into stellar formation

August 24, 2016
Scientists from Cambridge University have discovered a young star which could help researchers understand how the largest stars in the Universe are formed.

Accurate element readings measured in distant galaxy

August 16, 2016
Astronomers in California have made the first accurate measurement of the abundance of oxygen in a far off galaxy.

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