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Martian anti-freeze makes liquid water possible

May 11, 2015
Data from NASA’s rover – Curiosity – has shown that liquid water could exist on Mars. A research team at the University of Copenhagen used soil data and discovered that...

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No – it’s a snake…seriously, a flying snake.

April 22, 2015
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No - it’s a snake...seriously, a flying snake. Jake Socha, professor at Virginia Tech has been investigating this unusual behaviour So…flying snakes…who...

Underground ocean found on Jupiter’s largest moon

April 10, 2015
Scientists have used a new approach to find evidence for a subsurface saltwater ocean on Jupiter's largest moon.By using the NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, researchers at University of Cologne in...

Chemistry in the perfect coffee

March 18, 2015
Computational chemistry and coffee; not – you might imagine – natural bedfellows. But Theoretical and Computational Chemist Christopher Hendon begs to differ… You were at the World Barista Championships 2014...

New approach puts kids in space!

February 11, 2015
Crossing the traditional boundaries of education and active research – the Langton Star Centre is not only a new way to inspire young people to take up STEM, but also...

Japan aims for deep impact

January 22, 2015
The Japanese space agency has launched a mission to return samples collected from deep within an asteroid. The Japanese space agency (JAXA) launched Hayabusa 2 on 3 December from the...

Chancellor puts money where mouth is for mission to Mars

January 19, 2015
In his autumn statement, Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has made clear Government’s intention that the UK will play a lead role in Europe's ExoMars mission to Mars. The...

Hydrogen detected three billion light years

January 5, 2015
Astronomers have detected faint signals of hydrogen gas at a record distance of three billion light years from Earth. Dr Barbara Catinella and Dr Luca Cortese, astronomers from the Swinburne...

We’re living in the Quantum Age, says Brian Clegg

December 19, 2014
In his latest book, Brian Clegg looks at how the physics of the very small has transformed our lives.Tell us a bit about The Quantum Age. There have been a...

The answer is in the intergalactic wind

November 24, 2014
Astronomers have observed the first direct evidence that an intergalactic “wind” is stripping galaxies of star-forming gas as they fall into clusters of galaxies. This explains why galaxies found in...

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