Is There Life in the Universe? A Beginner’s Guide to Astrobiology
Are we alone? It is one of the oldest questions people ask, and today it is also an active area of science called astrobiology. The[…]
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Solar Superstorms: Flares, CMEs and How Space Weather Affects Earth
The Sun looks calm and steady from Earth, but it is a churning ball of hot, electrically charged gas called plasma, threaded with tangled magnetic[…]
Read moreThe Hubble Deep Field: The 1995 Photo That Changed Astronomy
In December 1995 the Hubble Space Telescope pointed at a patch of sky that appeared completely empty and kept looking for ten days. The result,[…]
Read moreGravitational Waves: How LIGO Opened a New Era of Astronomy
On 14 September 2015, a faint ripple in the fabric of space washed across Earth. It had been travelling for about 1.3 billion years, since[…]
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