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What’s the next step for Mars exploration?

September 29, 2015
Following yesterday’s announcement linking dark streaks on the surface of Mars with liquid water, scientists have spoken about the future of Mars exploration. There will be a number of missions...

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.

Dark matter distribution mapped

September 24, 2015
New images reveal the amount of dark matter in the Universe and its distribution in distant galaxies. Astronomers led by Leiden University in the Netherlands used images captured by the...

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...

Planetary rings resolve maths mystery

August 24, 2015
Scientists have discovered that planetary rings such as those orbiting Saturn have a universally similar particle size distribution. By using mathematical models, an international team of scientists led by the...

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...

Universal gravity constant confirmed

August 14, 2015
After a decades-long study of a distant pulsar – pulsating radio star – physicists say they have confirmed that gravity is constant across the Universe. Astronomers led by the National...

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.

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