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earth-sunset

Researchers get backing for cosmic vision

19 Jul 2010

A proposal to design a spacecraft that would seek out habitable planets beyond our own solar system could become reality after receiving support from...

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Best ever snapshot of Black Hole's jets

That's funny

02 Jun 2010

Paul Murdin from the Institute of Astronomy put a human face to the names behind some of the greatest discoveries to have taken place in our efforts...

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RSC busts

Royal Society announces new Fellows

21 May 2010

Seven Cambridge researchers are among the 44 new Fellows announced by the Royal Society this week.

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Hubble Snaps Sharp Image Of Cosmic Concoction

Photoshopping: The final frontier

08 Apr 2010

It's space, but is it art? Stunning images of the galaxy are fast becoming common currency thanks to technology like the Hubble Space Telescope, but...

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Perseus alpha x-rays

Royal Astronomical Society announces honours

21 Jan 2010

Cambridge academics have been honoured for their outstanding contribution to astronomy by the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS).

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Planck satellite

The Planck satellite: looking back to the dawn of time

01 Sep 2009

The Planck satellite has just reached its orbit, 1.5 million km from Earth, on a mission to understand the origin and evolution of our Universe.

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Quantum

Behaviour of building block of nature could lead to computer revolution

31 Jul 2009

A team of physicists from the Universities of Cambridge and Birmingham have shown that electrons in narrow wires can divide into two new particles...

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King's College Cambridge

Cambridge academics elected as Fellows of the Royal Society

15 May 2009

Nine of the 44 new Royal Society Fellows announced today are Cambridge academics. Their election to the Fellowship of the Royal Society recognises...

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King's College

New international nanomaterials research programme launched

02 Oct 2008

As part of a unique collaborative agreement, the Japanese government has located a new research satellite at The Nanoscience Centre, University of...

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2.1-meter Telescope Building

Cambridge astronomer identify the Galaxy’s youngest supernova remnant

19 May 2008

A Cambridge astronomer’s identification of the remnant of the most recent supernova in the Milky Way is set to fill in major gaps in our knowledge of...

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Bamboo strips of the Suan shu shu, "Writings on Reckoning"

Making sense of the cosmos in ancient China

01 May 2008

China’s rich history of scientific and technical contributions to human culture stretches back to antiquity, as Christopher Cullen has been...

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Diaphanous Sun

Cambridge academics shed new light on the Sun

09 Apr 2008

New insights into solar activity have been revealed thanks to research from a group of Cambridge academics.

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