The Milky Way is in a twist reveals 3D map of our galaxy
The first accurate 3D map of our galaxy, the Milky Way, reveals that it is warped and twisted.
Robert Lea
NASA’s Curiosity rover uses smartphone technology to reveal the geology of Mars
Curiosity has used devices found in smartphones to measure slight variations in gravitational fields refining the understanding of how Gale crater and the mountain at its centre were formed.
Brexit could lead to thousands more heart disease and stroke deaths
Thousands of extra deaths from strokes and heart attacks over the next decade could result from Britain pushing ahead with Brexit on March 29th, research published in the BMJ Open suggests.
The planetary collision that created the moon may have also made life on Earth possible
New research suggests that the planetary collision that formed the moon may have also seeded Earth with the necessary elements for life such as carbon
Planet Nine not the cause of mystery orbits
Planet Nine may not be needed to explain the strange orbits of some objects at the outer most regions of the solar system says new research.
Rapidly spinning black hole observed in Milky Way
An international team led by the University of Southampton has been observing a black spinning around its axis at its near maximum rate in our galaxy. It is hoped that the study will shed more light on the characteristics of black holes and their surrounding environment.
Stephen Hawking’s ‘A Brief History of Time’ revisited
Released in 1988, A Brief History of Time catapulted its author Stephen Hawking, into the public consciousness to a level that no scientist…
Voyager 1 rules out mini black holes as dark matter candidates
A long-mooted explanation for the nature of dark matter may have been ruled out by observations made by the ageing Voyager 1 probe — humanity’s most distant spacecraft.
‘Dark matter heating’ observed for the first time
Researchers have discovered the first observational evidence of ‘dark matter heating’ in distant galaxies, placing an important constraint on future dark matter models.
New model of the Universe unites Dark Matter and Dark Energy
The most primary questions that remain in our understanding of the Universe, the nature of dark matter and dark energy, and the missing 95% of matter in the Universe, could have a related explanation, scientists at Oxford have suggested; a fluid containing ‘negative mass’