Dr Ian Whittaker from Nottingham Trent University explains the science behind new study which claims to have spotted ...

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"The key planet-formation processes in protoplanetary disks remain an active matter of research. One promising mechanism to ...

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The largest sample of galaxy groups ever detected has been presented by a team of international astronomers using data from ...

Astronomers have discovered a dense stellar nursery packed with infant stars in a vast "cosmic ink blot." The team made the discovery using one of the most powerful digital cameras in the world ...

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Astronomers have conducted galaxy surveys to ... The results of the latest such survey were recently published in the journal Physics by an international team of researchers from the University ...

Physics is the search for and application of rules that can help us understand and predict the world around us. Central to physics are ideas such as energy, mass, particles and waves. Physics ...

However, in 2017, for the first time ever, astronomers observed the merger ... study co-author and assistant professor of physics and astronomy at Louisiana State University, said.