Star burst
Scientists spot erupting jets of material as black hole tears a star apart
Astronomers have for the first time directly imaged a fast-moving jet of material ejected as a supermassive black hole consumed a star.
Stories tagged with 'Space'
Crater creations
'Surprisingly fast' recovery of life at dinosaur-killing asteroid impact site
Within 30,000 years of impact, Mexico’s Chicxulub crater fostered a thriving ecosystem - a much faster recovery than many sites around the world.
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Quantum universe
“The universe is incredibly simple” says renowned physicist at annual lecture
Professor Neil Turok, an Imperial alum, described the quantum beginnings of the universe in the annual Peter Lindsay memorial lecture.
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Life on Mars?
Dorset, UK, used as model for finding life traces on Mars
By studying streams on the UK coast, experts have calculated how much organic matter we might find on Mars, and where to look.
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Turbulent times
Fleet of spacecraft spot long-sought-after process in the Earth’s magnetic field
A NASA mission has discovered an important process explaining the fate of energy contained in the turbulent magnetic fields surrounding the Earth.
Ready to rumble!
Next stop, Mars! Marsquake sensor begins 301 million mile journey to Red Planet
A Marsquake detector designed in part by Imperial engineers has launched on board Mars InSight to help reveal Mars’ inner structure.
Mars landing
College funds frontier research to push the boundaries
Finding a cure for HIV and landing a spacecraft on Mars are among the ambitions of winners of funding from a prestigious Imperial research pot.
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Ear drum
Podcast: The science of drumming, Imperial inventions and a lost asteroid crater
In this edition: Keeping beat with the science of drumming, exploring Imperial inventions through the ages, and playing ‘hot or cold’ with asteroids.
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Cosmic crumb trail
Glassy beads hint at site of mysterious missing crater
Imperial experts have found a ‘breadcrumb trail’ of debris from an 800,000 year old meteor impact
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In the zone
More evidence Earth-like planets could sustain life as their atmospheres probed
Three Earth-like planets orbiting the TRAPPIST-1 star have atmospheres that might be hospitable to life, a new study shows.
