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Binary systems share stardust

Nov 19, 2009

Rare glimpse of planet formation in binary star system

UK to pull out of Gemini Observatory

Nov 19, 2009 2 comments

Funding is 'almost certain' to stop after 2012

Carbon swaddles baby neutron star

Nov 4, 2009 6 comments

Nascent surface too hot for hydrogen

Dark-matter paper raises questions over data sharing

Oct 29, 2009 25 comments

Is it unfair that NASA data are immediately made available to all?

In depth

Recipes for planet formation

Nov 2, 2009 2 comments

Michael R Meyer describes how studies of extrasolar planets are helping us to understand how planetary systems form and evolve

Human spaceflight: science or spectacle?

Nov 2, 2009 2 comments

The big debate: David Clements and Ian Crawford spar over whether human spaceflight is worth the effort

Prince of darkness

Oct 13, 2009 5 comments

Nuclear astrophysicist Alex Murphy shares his views on the nature of dark matter and gets excited over the forthcoming restart of the ZEPLIN III detector

An unusual alliance between physicists who study ultrahot plasmas and ultracold atoms is yielding intriguing results – and may even lead to an experimental test for string theory, as Barbara Jacak reveals