Tag: Astronomy

Dark matter expert named first female Astronomer Royal for Scotland

A renowned astrophysicist and investigator into one of science’s great unsolved mysteries has become the first woman to be appointed as Astronomer Royal for...

Black hole caught red-handed in a stellar homicide

BRITISH astronomers have helped to gather the most direct evidence yet of a supermassive black hole shredding a star that wandered too close. Supermassive black...

Milky Way image reveals detail of a billion stars

MORE than one billion stars in the Milky Way can be seen together in detail for the first time in an image captured by...

Big Mac bosses in little “planet” blunder

By Michael MacLeod FAST food clown Ronald McDonald has been slated by scientists for conning kids into believing Pluto is still a planet. The tiny...

Shamed dad used disguised kid porn website

By Michael MacLeod A DAD has been banned from using the internet after logging-onto a fake astronomy website that was actually plagued with child porn. Francis...

Rare space atlas up for grabs

By Cara Sulieman A RARE atlas of space is up for grab after being donated by a mystery benefactor. Stunned Christian Aid volunteers found a pristine...

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