Astronomers have discovered that WASP-76b, an exoplanet 390 light years from our own solar system, is a world dominated by an extreme dichotomy.
By Robert Lea
27 Mar 2020
The discovery of water vapor in the atmosphere of the exoplanet K2–18b made it an ideal object of study for scientists seeking to understand the planets that lie within the ‘habitable zone’ of other star systems.
By Robert Lea
27 Mar 2020
The universe is expanding, and it is doing so at an accelerating rate. However, lingering questions about universal expansion do remain. Assistant Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Geneva, Lucas Lombriser, has put forward an extraordinary suggestion.
By Robert Lea
26 Mar 2020
Astronomers have discovered a massive white dwarf, 1.14 times the mass of our Sun, which they propose is the result of a star merger between two smaller white dwarfs.
By Robert Lea
26 Mar 2020
Scanning probe microscopy (SPM) techniques are a class of imaging techniques that rely on the interaction between an atomically sharp tip and a surface to identify and characterize the topology of the sample.
By Liam Critchley
13 Mar 2020