Neutrino! A Hauntingly Significant Particle
Neutrinos interact so weakly with matter and yet, are of vital importance in the processes that govern the Universe. This...
Marie Curie: The Price of Knowledge
Marie Curie's tale is one of sacrifice and suffering for science and of unparalleled dedication to unlocking nature’s secrets.
What’s My Age Again? New Discoveries May Spark a Rethink of Galaxy Formation
A trifecta of recent discoveries has challenged models of galactic evolution, suggesting that galaxies could have formed much sooner in...
The Universe’s Missing Matter Problem is Solved
Astronomers have used mysterious Fast Radio Bursts from distant galaxies to solve a lingering cosmological problem-- locating the Universe’s missing...
Certainly Uncertain. Simplifying Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle is more than a mathematical quirk, a handy guiding principle, or the inspiration for some really nerdy...
Playing Asteroids is No Game: Humanity’s Future Could Depend on Diverting Asteroid Impacts
It isn't hyperbole to say, the survival of our species may depend on a sucessful method of preventing an asteroid...
Superposition! The strange tale of Schrödinger’s cat
The tale of physics’ most famous cat is one that is familiar to many, but what is the inside story...
Myth Busted: Debunking the Alleged 5G/Coronavirus Connection
Social media is packed with suggestions that the COVID-19 pandemic sweeping the globe is somehow connected to the implementation of...
Scientists warn healthcare systems could be overwhelmed by COVID-19 pandemic
A new report from the Lancet finds a decrease in rates of death in COVID-19 cases but warns that even...
COVID-19 in the UK. A Week in an Underprepared Nation
History will likely look back at the handling of the COVID-19 crisis by the UK Government as a tale of...
The Cosmological Constant: How Einstein’s ‘greatest blunder’ became an expanding problem
The Universe is expanding, of that much cosmologists are sure. But the question of what rate at which that expansion...
Focusing on Arrokoth promises to reveal the Kuiper Belt’s secrets
The results from New Horizon's New Year's Day Flyby of Kuiper Belt Object Arrokoth are in, and it could just...
Arrokoth, the ‘Space Snowman’, sheds new light on how the solar system formed
The study of the Kuiper Belt body Arrokoth promises to change how we believe the building blocks of planets form....
Astrophysicists find more evidence of ‘wandering’ black holes
New research has uncovered the presence of at least thirteen ‘wandering’ black holes in dwarf galaxies. Something, that until recently...
The Exoplanet Hunter’s Toolkit: the science of searching for other worlds
The search of other worlds is a field of science on the cusp of a revolution. By unpacking the exoplanet...
New European exoplanet-hunting telescope launches into space
The ESA’s CHEOPS telescope has finally launched kick-starting the next phase in exoplanet investigations.
CHEOPS launch postponed due to ‘Software Error’
The launch of the ESA’s CHEOPS satellite has been postponed as a result of a software error, reports the University...
Exoplanet researcher awarded for groundbreaking work
As the Hans Sigrist Prize is claimed by Ignas Snellen for groundbreaking exoplanet research, the message is clear--the search for...
Exoplanet telescope CHEOPS gears up for launch day
The ESA's CHEOPS satellite launches later this month with the mission to select exoplanets suitable for in-depth investigation.
How Black Holes and Neutron Stars Shine
Black holes and neutron stars are the densest and most mysterious objects in the universe, and researchers may have figured...
