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Galactic 鈥榲apour trails鈥 uncovered in giant cluster

20 Sep 2013

Astronomers have discovered enormous smooth shapes that look like vapour trails in a gigantic galaxy cluster. These 鈥榓rms鈥 span half a million light...

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This illustration is an artist鈥檚 impression of the thin, rocky debris disc discovered around the two Hyades white dwarfs. Rocky asteroids are thought to be perturbed by planets within the system and diverted inwards towards the star, where they break up,

鈥楶olluted鈥 stellar graveyard gives glimpse of our Solar System after Sun鈥檚 implosion

09 May 2013

Research indicates the existence of Earth-like planets in dead solar system through latest chemical analysis techniques

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Planck captures portrait of the young Universe, revealing earliest light

21 Mar 2013

Satellite鈥檚 first all-sky image is the most detailed picture to date of the early Universe, giving us a better understanding of its birth.

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Beyond the blinding starlight

11 Mar 2013

Study reveals chemical composites of exoplanet atmospheres 128 light years away. Scientists say techniques will 鈥渙ne day provide evidence of life...

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Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 6217

Are we ready to meet ET?

05 Mar 2013

Once only science fiction, astronomers are now finding hundreds of planetary systems beyond our own. Given recent discoveries through space...

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Venus, Jupiter and the Moon viewed from Earth.

Your chance to meet the stars

30 Nov 2012

Experience a free night of stargazing in Cambridge to coincide with the BBC鈥檚 鈥淪targazing Live鈥 when it returns to our screens in January.

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An image of the star Gilese 581 (bottom of image), with an illustration of the debris disc superimposed to show its position.

Low-mass planets make good neighbours for debris discs

27 Nov 2012

Astronomers using the Herschel Space Observatory have detected massive debris discs around two nearby stars hosting low-mass planets. 探花直播discovery...

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This artist's impression shows a gas-giant exoplanet transiting across the face of its star. Infrared analysis by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.

World-renowned astrophysicist to join Cavendish Laboratory

31 Oct 2012

New professor is one of the joint discoverers of a planet orbiting a normal star beyond the Solar System.

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 探花直播galaxy NGC 4151. Researchers were able to use this galaxy to accumulate data about flares coming from a mysterious X-ray source close to the giant black hole at its centre.

鈥淓cho鈥 of light augurs new era in study of black holes

31 May 2012

A long-sought 鈥渆cho鈥 of light that promises to reveal more about supersized black holes in distant galaxies has been identified by an international...

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Gaia Deployable Sunshield Assembly

Twinkle, twinkle, little star: I鈥檓 going to know what you are

26 Apr 2012

A team of astronomers at the 探花直播 of Cambridge is taking the next big step in a European-wide programme which will lead to the creation of the...

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Leonardo Da Vinci's depiction of the Last Supper

探花直播Penultimate Supper?

17 Apr 2011

探花直播Last Supper of Jesus Christ was on the Wednesday, and not the Thursday, before his death, according to a new study which claims to have solved 鈥...

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cosmic climate change

Astronomers find evidence of cosmic climate change

23 Dec 2010

Evidence of an intense warming period in the Universe鈥檚 early history, described as a form of 鈥渃osmic climate change鈥, has been found by an...

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