Science

Universe slipped Milky Way a sausage galaxy to grow a big belly bulge

It's the largest dwarf galaxy to smash into us yet found
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06 Jul 05:03

Do you work in life sciences IT?

StudyIf so, then this latest Reg survey is for you
04 Jul 08:41

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Is it a giant alien space cigar? Whatever it is, boffins are baffled

PicOr 'Oumuamua could just be a weird tail-less comet
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28 Jun 07:01

Galileo, here we go again. My my, the Brits are gonna miss EU

Britain launching its own sat looks more and more likely
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27 Jun 10:42

NASA eggheads draw up blueprints for spotting, surviving asteroid hits

First America frets about aliens at its borders, now actual alien bodies turning up from space
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21 Jun 06:04

Geoboffins baffled as Ceres is crawling with carbon organics

Comets might have seeded the surface over millennia
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14 Jun 07:58

Astroboffins 'sprinkle iron filings' over remnant supernova

And discover it made a magnet that points 'up'
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14 Jun 03:57

Astroboffins spot planets swimming in the mists of forming stars

New technique looks for patterns in protostars
13 Jun 21:38

Solar winds will help ESA probe smell what Mercury's cookin'

Sun's exhalations whip up molecules on planets with weak magnetic fields
13 Jun 13:19

Kepler finds three Earth-sized exoplanets, but they're too hot to handle

Upside: the kettle will always be ready. Downside: forget living on the surface
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13 Jun 00:58

Woman sues NASA for ownership of vial of space dust

She claims it was gift from Apollo veteran Neil Armstrong
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12 Jun 07:01

Astroboffins trace mysterious noise from hard rock in space

Signs in the sky from diamonds
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11 Jun 20:27
Martian Dust Storm

Done and dusted? Vast storm gobbles NASA's long-lived Mars robot

Opportunity survived 2007 gale, but this one's way worse
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11 Jun 11:54
alien

NASA finds more stuff suggesting Mars could have hosted life, maybe

Organic material and methane finds can’t be tied to biological processes
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08 Jun 04:30
Hayabusa2 gives asteroid asteroid 1999JU3 the horn

Japan's asteroid-hunting robot Hayabusa2 has its prey within its sights

Landing, roving, cratering. What could possibly go wrong? Hopefully, nothing
07 Jun 18:15

Juno finds some lightning on Jupiter is the polar opposite to bolts here on Earth

Spacecraft gets mission extension to keep on gazing
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07 Jun 07:00

USA! USA! We're No.1! And we want to keep it that way – in spaaaace

And we don't want to pay for it!
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06 Jun 16:01

No lie-in this morning? Thank the Moon's gravitational pull

Complex tidal forces have drawn out the day
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06 Jun 06:30

NASA makes the James Webb Telescope a looker with a heart of gold

Astroboffins get precious about heat protection in space
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05 Jun 23:51

Four hydrogen + eight caesium clocks = one almost-proven Einstein theory

Time team comes closest it ever has to magical zero result
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05 Jun 11:15

DIYers rejoice: Hitting stuff to make it work even works in space

Curiosity Rover's drill is mostly working again after 'percussive maintenance'
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05 Jun 05:57

Calm your conspiracy theories, latest glimpse reveals Planet Nine may just be a pipe dream

Dodgy outer orbits all down to asteroids and gravity
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05 Jun 00:11

NASA spots asteroid on crash course with Earth – with just hours to go

VideoNot enough time to even call Bruce Willis and Armageddonoutofhere
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04 Jun 20:11

SpaceX flings SES-12 satellite into orbit, but would-be lunar tourists should probably unpack

Meanwhile, Russia brings three ISS crew safely home yet again
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04 Jun 11:45

Russian battery ambitions see a 10x increase in power from smaller, denser nukes

In Putin's Russia, battery life outlive YOU
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04 Jun 08:09

Boffins quietly cheering possible discovery of new fundamental particle: Sterile neutrino

Champagne on ice, but MiniBooNE's 15-year hunt has produced promising results
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04 Jun 01:04

Dawn spacecraft to get up-close and personal with dwarf planet Ceres

New orbit will skim just 30 miles above Death Star lookalike
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01 Jun 06:34
Pluto

The ice must flow: Dunes of frozen gas spotted on alien dwarf

Pluto's not just a cold distant ball – it may have been geologically active early on
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31 May 19:34
Falcon 9 on the launchpad (pic: NASA/Bill Ingalls)

SpaceX to pick up the space pace with yet another Falcon 9 launch

UpdatedComms sat to treat Asia Pacific to exciting new HD programming. Rejoice!
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31 May 08:53
Fulwell sound mirror photo by Alun Taylor

Mirror mirror on sea wall, spot those airships, make Kaiser bawl

Geek's Guide to BritainThe North East's Zeppelin warning system is largely forgotten
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31 May 08:08
New MH 370 flaperon drift modelling

MH370 search ends – probably – without finding missing 777

Probe of extra search area again fails to find plane
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31 May 07:34
Alan Bean (pic: NASA)

RIP to two 'naut legends: A moonwalker and a spacewalker

ObitAd astra, Al Bean and Don Peterson
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30 May 14:34
Man crushed to death by rock at Pompeii

Headless man found in lava’s embrace

Chap in Pompeii had his block knocked off by a block of stone as he limped away from volcano
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30 May 05:58
A woman walking in the rain by water

Meet the real spin doctors: Scientists tell H2O to chill out so they can separate isomers

Water fun fact of the day!
NASA tech inspects MOMA

Toaster oven-sized boffin box bound for Mars to search for life

NASA hitches a ride on ESA's red planet trundle wagon
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25 May 15:29
Autophage Engine

You've heard that pop will eat itself. Boffins have unveiled a rocket that does the same

Can u dig it? If you want to launch a single cubesat, you most certainly will
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25 May 11:58
Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

Comet 67P's cute rubber duck shape perfect for causing eruptions

When sunlight hits the comet, gas and dust sublime
24 May 22:09
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