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Physics in the news
Nine things we learned this week about the puzzling world of Pluto
There seemed to be little room in the UK press this week to cover the five new papers published by the journal Science, containing more … Read more
15 things you need to know about the ExoMars launch
1 This morning we saw the first launch of the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) and the Schiaparelli lander: Liftoff of @ESA_ExoMars on a Proton-M … Read more
The biggest physics news story of the week (1–7 Feb)
This week has seen a plethora of physics news hit papers and websites, mostly about space. We’ve seen photos of the UK taken by Tim … Read more
Four “planets” that nearly made it into the solar system
Newspapers around the world last week reported on the new evidence published that there could be a large but as yet unobserved ninth planet … Read more
Six physics stories you may have missed in 2015
The biggest physics news stories of last year seemed to be the New Horizons flyby of Pluto, sending back the iconic photo of the dwarf … Read more