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First black hole image revealed

April 10, 2019
The first direct visual evidence of a supermassive black hole has been unveiled.The image, revealed by the Event Horizon Telescope, shows the black hole at the centre of Messier 87,...

The quest to go quantum

April 1, 2019
Dotted around the UK, scientists are slowly but surely turning quantum research into commercial products. Jonathan Chadwick met up with a team at Sussex University who think they can beat...

Twisted Milky Way

March 18, 2019
3D mapping of the Milky Way galaxy shows that it is not flat but warped and twisted in shape.

Future Circular Collider: Is it worth it?

March 8, 2019
Earlier this year CERN announced the Future Circular Collider study aiming to build on the success of the LHC and extend its research capabilities. Our two-part feature asks, what is...

Future Circular Collider: What is it?

March 8, 2019
Earlier this year CERN announced the Future Circular Collider study aiming to build on the success of the LHC and extend its research capabilities. Our two-part feature asks, what is...

Saturnian day deduced from ring formations

January 30, 2019
Data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has enabled a more accurate estimate of the length of a day on Saturn.The new estimate of 10 hours, 33 minutes and 38 seconds, is...

Beating the diamond-standard

January 4, 2019
Forget diamond – when considering super-hard materials, says Metin Örnek, the search for an alternative is on…  How hard is super-hard? With advances in material science and engineering, comes the possibility...

Two beams are better than one

December 10, 2018
As neutron crystallography advances it is becoming a powerful scientific tool, but will it replace its well-known X-ray cousin? Not so say Matthew Blakeley and Derek Logan – rather, they...

Black hole gas rings flow in complex formations

November 30, 2018
The black hole "donut" is not actually a rigid structure. The black rings of gas surrounding active supermassive black holes are not simple donut shapes, but a complex collection of...

NASA’s InSight spacecraft lands on Mars

November 27, 2018
NASA’s InSight robot lander has successfully touched down on the surface of Mars.The spacecraft touched down on Monday, November 26, near Mars’ equator on the western side of a flat...

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