Magnetic erosion could explain heavyweight Mercury’s density
New work could help solve 50-year-old puzzle
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Why we’re five years overdue for a damaging solar super-storm
The August 2014 issue of Physics World is now out
The science of Shakespeare and his plays
Books about Shakespearian science and how to rebuild a scientific civilization after an apocalypse, plus a new take on “Powers of Ten”, reviewed by Tushna Commissariat and Margaret Harri...
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Couple emerges from trio of supermassive black holes
Tightly orbiting pair could create detectable gravitational waves
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Lasers ignite ‘supernovae’ in the lab
Experiment studies effects of turbulence on powerful magnetic fields
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Exoplanets found orbiting former extragalactic star
One of the oldest habitable worlds found to date
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What is a pulsar?
Tim O'Brien defines these "radio stars" and explains why they are so interesting scientifically
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Our wobbly galaxy: the surprising undulations of the Milky Way
It is well known that the Milky Way rotates around a supermassive black hole, but researchers have found that our galaxy undulates up and down as well like a giant galactic merry-go-round
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Pivoting exoplanets could harbour life
Tilted orbits might allow water to remain liquid on the surface
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First discovery of double star that brightens during eclipse
Einstein's general theory of relativity explains the phenomenon
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