December 2021
The rise of the UK space economy
... quickly for the UK to capitalise on this new industrial frontier. About the author Martin Barstow is Professor of Astrophysics & Space Science at the University of Leicester and Director of Strategic Partnerships for Space Park Leicester. He has...
February 2022
Extremophiles as a blueprint for universal life
... community. He forms part of the next generation of young scientists passionate about astronomy and aspires to a career in astrophysics. Martin Braddock is a scientist and project leader in the UK. He has published over 190 articles in many journals...
23 November 2015
Could Earth be highlighting Hairy Dark Matter?
... conducted by Gary Prézeau of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California and published this week in the Astrophysical Journal, Prézeau suggests that a stream of dark matter particles is focused into an ultra-dense filament, or "hair...
29 November 2015
“Alien Megastructure” Star's Dimming was Possibly Caused by Comets
... planetesimals," Marengo and his colleagues wrote in the new study, which was published this month in The Astrophysical Journal Letters. The scientists hypothesize that a family of comets on a long elliptical orbit may have caused the...
03 December 2015
Rare Lithium-Rich Star Discovered
... for better understanding of stellar evolution. The results of their research are published in the December issue of Astronomy & Astrophysics journal.
14 December 2015
First British Astronaut Leaves for ISS Today
... science they'll get to perform while aboard: projects that will span human research, biology and biotechnology, astrophysics research. Peake particularly called out a medical research task, where they will grow crystals from disease...
