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Too close for comfort: When exoplanets just can’t hold on to their atmospheres
“Neither too hot nor too cold” goes the usual saying when searching for habitable exoplanets. But surely possessing an atmosphere to begin with is important, right? Discover today how proximity to low-mass stars may strip Earth-like planets of their atmospheres if they don’t keep their distance!
Here There Be (Star-Filled) Dragons
Today’s paper explores how JWST was able to observe 44 individual stars in a galaxy eight and a half billion light years away!
Engineering Our Universe with String Theory
Guest author Sean McBride guides us through the landscape of string theory…but is it actually a swamp?
A New Look at Our Old Friend, the Crab Nebula
Our most comprehensive view yet at how the stringy nebula behaves, and what that tells us about the fossil star at its centre…
Do Galaxy Halos Convert Light Into Dark Matter?
Today’s paper explores the search for axion-photon oscillations in the CMB.
More Than a Name – Why Women in Physics Deserve Context
Why should we give more context to the incredible contributions to STEM by exceptional women? And do you need to be exceptional to be successful? Find out in this interview with Dr Claire Davies!
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Calling STEM Grad Students: Apply now for ComSciCon 2016!
Graduate students at US institutions in all fields relating to science and engineering, are encouraged to apply. The application will close on March 1st.
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Grad students: apply now for ComSciCon 2015!
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