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Universe’s ‘missing’ matter discovered

February 26, 2016
The cosmological model detailing the density of matter in the Universe has been confirmed by an international team of scientists.

Stars found to have ‘super strong’ magnetic fields

January 21, 2016
In a surprising discovery, astronomers have detected strong magnetic fields in stars twice the size of our Sun.

Martian valleys carved by less ancient water

December 9, 2015
Martian valleys could have been carved by much less water in a much shorter time span than previously thought.

From bright stars to dark energy

November 23, 2015
Dr Rita Tojeiro was recently awarded one of five 2015 L’Oréal-UNESCO UK & Ireland Women In Science Fellowships, worth £15,000, to drive her research on dark energy forward. We caught...

Pluto’s largest moon, Charon

November 17, 2015
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has returned the best colour and the highest resolution images yet of Pluto's largest moon, Charon.

Mathematicians weigh in on stellar mass

November 4, 2015
Mathematicians have developed a new method for measuring the mass of pulsars. Scientists at the University of Southampton used nuclear physics principles, rather than gravitational pulls between stars and planets,...

The extreme science of ‘White Mars’

November 2, 2015
In one of the coldest, most isolated and remote places on Earth, a multicultural crew of 13 perform challenging research in a wide variety of fields and maintain the Italian-French...

Veil Nebula

November 2, 2015
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured a small section of the debris of one of the best-known supernova remnants – Veil Nebula – in stunning detail.

Stellar mosaic shows close relation with our galactic neighbour

October 8, 2015
Astronomers have found similarities between new-born stars in our galaxy and a neighbouring one.

Comet Lovejoy

September 30, 2015
Comet Lovejoy sails through the solar system in a green haze leaving cometary dust in its wake.

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