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Wednesday, 16 November 2011
StarStuff Podcast Astronomers detect universe's first atoms. Plus: does the Moon have magnetic memory?; and Russian mission to Mars falls short.
Friday, 11 November 2011
US scientists have found two interstellar clouds of original gas, which contain only original elements created moments after the universe's birth.
Wednesday, 9 November 2011
StarStuff Podcast Scientists answer how our solar system possibly came into being about 4.6 billion years ago. Plus: 400-metre-wide asteroid speeds past Earth, closer than Moon's orbit; and super-massive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way eats entire worlds.
Wednesday, 2 November 2011
One of the fundamental laws of physics does not appear to be constant throughout the universe and may change depending on where you are, suggest researchers.
Wednesday, 26 October 2011
What inflates our universe? Dr Henry Frystacki reflects on 2011's Nobel Prize for Physics.
Thursday, 13 October 2011
StarStuff Podcast Fresh evidence that comets gave Earth its oceans. Plus: astronomers capture new image of interstellar turbulence after 30-year effort; and how a planetary collision put Uranus on its side.
Wednesday, 5 October 2011
StarStuff Podcast Sun-like stars could have Earth-like planets. Plus: Astronomers pinpoint Earth's address on cosmic roadmap; and 15,000 asteroids possibly threaten Earth.
Tuesday, 4 October 2011
A new radio telescope has peered into the sky affording a view of the universe unmatched by most ground-based observatories.
Thursday, 29 September 2011
Astronomers have identified our galaxy's position in the large scale structure of the cosmos.
Monday, 19 September 2011 14
Opinion Einstein correctly predicted the presence of dark energy in our universe almost 100 years ago, but that doesn't make him psychic, writes David Deutsch.
Monday, 12 September 2011
The race to discover gravity waves may be getting closer to the finish line with scientists successfully squeezing light using the physics of quantum mechanics.
Wednesday, 7 September 2011
StarStuff Podcast Astronomers find small star 'that shouldn't exist' at the edge of our galaxy. Plus: strange rocks found on Mars; and space junk threatens satellites.
Thursday, 1 September 2011
Astronomers have found a tiny star at the edge of our galaxy that may send them back to the drawing board.
Wednesday, 31 August 2011
StarStuff Podcast Former white dwarf star reduces to planet-sized object made of diamond. Plus: Russian space missions suspended following Soyuz crash; and scientists shine new light on near-Earth asteroids.
Tuesday, 23 August 2011 14
Ask an expert If the universe is expanding and galaxies are moving away from each other, why do astronomers say the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies are going to collide?