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Friday, 30 June 2017

The Universe on 101 words: What's the fastest star?

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Above: A hypervelocity star creates a huge bow wave of dust and gas as it ploughs through the Orion nebula. What phrase describes the ni...
Friday, 23 June 2017

The best images of planets beyond our solar system

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The last ten years have been an amazing time: Growing up the idea of finding planets around other stars was mentioned to me in textbooks... ...
Saturday, 17 June 2017

Answers for Authors: Where should I site a Galactic Empire? (re-published)

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It's good to be Emperor... You need an evil galactic empire, or a benevolent  planetary federation, to set your scorching page turn...
Sunday, 11 June 2017

Six of the astounding natural wonders of Jupiter

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Jupiter, a planet almost as wide as a small star , is hard to miss even in the vastness of space - if you know just a lttle astronomy it sh...
Monday, 5 June 2017

The Universe in 101 words: How much of the Universe can we see?

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Above: A simulation of the distribution of matter in the universe after the expansion. Light only travels so fast, and the Universe is ...
Tuesday, 23 May 2017

The Universe in 101 words: Why is the biggest volcano ever almost invisible?

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Above: A very visible volcano on Earth. We're lucky our volcanoes aren't nearly as sneaky as the Martian ones.... Invisible vol...
Saturday, 20 May 2017

The Universe in 101 words: Invisible galaxies?

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Above: A timelapse, composite, photograph of the Milky Way - a sight you'd never see in a dark matter galaxy... When is galaxy (alm...