Distilling a Galaxy
Supermassive black hole at the centre of a galaxy can have a direct impact on the galaxy’s chemical distribution.
Space
The Storms of Saturn
Giant storms periodically engulf Saturn, causing long-lasting atmospheric effects that fundamentally reshape the planet’s weather and composition.
Forecasting Day Length
There has been a key breakthrough in the quest to accurately predict fluctuations in the rotation of the Earth and so the length of the day.
Ancient Life Off Earth
Using light-capturing proteins in living microbes, scientists have reconstructed what life was like for some of Earth’s earliest organisms. These efforts could help us recognise signs of life on other planets, whose atmospheres may more closely resemble our pre-oxygen planet.
Supernovae in the Stones
The Hypatia stone is a small stone that was found in the Great Sand Sea in south-western Egypt in 1996. Researchers have now used chemical analysis to show that this stone likely came from a Type Ia supernovae explosion, one of the most energetic events in the Universe.
Colours of Distant Life
This poem is inspired by recent research, which has created a colour catalogue to help find life on distant, frozen worlds.
Shattered Magnetism
Cloaked in weathered loam fraying edges sink from view, the violence of a distant past now hidden in the horsetails that lie littered in decay.
Fading Transmissions
Drifting into pseudo space, you count imaginary miles falling past your vessel in their artificial multitudes. Volunteered to exile, you reach out across the simulated
An Ancient Burst of Salty Air
Muddied bricks and melted sheets of bronze disclose the revelation of your erasure. Between molten pots and shattered bones a flash of heat scars the
Elephants from Space
Mechanical eyes drift across horizons, capturing hidden choreographies on the patchwork cloth of your vast abode. Grey on green on green on grey, your pixelated