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Ghostly 'spokes' puff out from Saturn's ring's — [15 Nov] — Massive, bright clouds of tiny ice particles hover above the darkened rings of Saturn in an image captured by the Cassini...
Exoplanets clue to sun's curious chemistry — [12 Nov] — 'For almost 10 years we have tried to find out what distinguishes stars with planetary systems from their barren cousins,'...
Opening up a colourful cosmic jewel box — [29 Oct] — Star clusters are among the most visually alluring and astrophysically fascinating objects in the sky. One of the most spectacular...
32 new exoplanets found — [20 Oct] — 'HARPS is a unique, extremely high precision instrument that is ideal for discovering alien worlds,' says Stephane Udry,...
More recent stories...New Scientist: Voices of long-dead stars haunt the galaxy — Mysterious radio blips that come from apparently empty regions of space may be the... — [30 Oct 2009 17:55 GMT]
BBC: Frog embryos 'smell' predators — Frogs learn to recognise the smell of their enemies while they are still developing... — [30 Oct 2009 11:13 GMT]
BBC: Polar bear plus grizzly equals? — What do you get if you cross a polar bear with a grizzly brown bear? Scientists can... — [30 Oct 2009 11:13 GMT]
BBC: Ghostly 'dance of a sea dragon' — One of the most elegant courtship rituals in the animal kingdom has been captured... — [30 Oct 2009 09:23 GMT]
New Scientist: Solar superpower: Should Europe run on Sahara sun? — Every two weeks, the sun pours more energy onto the surface of our planet than we... — [26 Oct 2009 09:01 GMT]
Telegraph: Rare footage of sun erupting — NASA spacecraft have captured rare footage of the sun erupting over a 30 hour period.... — [14 Oct 2009 11:12 GMT]
BBC: Noise pollution threatens animals — Noise pollution is becoming a major threat to the welfare of wildlife, according... — [14 Oct 2009 11:12 GMT]
BBC: Tsunami drill across Indian Ocean — Eighteen countries around the Indian Ocean have held a mass drill aimed at testing... — [14 Oct 2009 11:11 GMT]
Telegraph: Mother passes on cancer to unborn baby — A mother has infected her unborn child with cancer in the first case of its kind... — [13 Oct 2009 10:10 GMT]
BBC: Lizards filmed 'walking on water' — Remarkable slow motion footage has been taken of two lizards that seem to do the... — [13 Oct 2009 10:10 GMT]