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What's it like to be a PROFESSIONAL ASTRONOMER?

Understanding the cosmos takes the work of thousands of people. Ezzy Pearson spoke to astronomers across the world to look at the many different roles that go into observing our Universe

WideSky 80 f/6.25 ED refractor

An all-round telescope that works well for visual astronomy and astrophotography

YOU CAN'T BEAT BEETROOT

How this humble, purple vegetable can improve the health of your heart

Sleepiness in Alzheimer's patients is caused by damage to neurons that help them stay awake

The finding treatments could lead to new for those with the disease to help them stay alert

THE DAY THE DINOSAURS DIED

New BBC documentary, Dinosaurs: The Final Day, presented by Sir David Attenborough, digs into a fossil site that may have recorded the moment an asteroid wiped out almost all life on Earth. Holly Spanner met with Robert DePalma, one of the palaeontologists at the site, to find out more about the significance of this discovery...

A WHOLE NEW WHORL

MANY OF US HAVE SEEN SEASHELLS ON THE BEACH AND MARVELLED AT THEIR COLOURS, AND PATTERNS OF CURVES AND RIDGES. BUT SEASHELLS ARE FAR MORE THAN JUST PRETTY OBJECTS, AND THEIR INTRICATE STRUCTURES CAN HELP US LEARN MORE ABOUT THE INHABITANTS THAT ONCE DWELLED INSIDE THEM

DOES YOUR DOG REALLY LOVE YOU?

Sure, they wag their tails to greet us and are happy to snuggle up and watch TV in the evening, but are our beloved pooches actually experiencing the same love for us as we feel for them?

COVID-19 can have long-term impacts on the brain

According to a study on nonhuman primates, effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection on the brain include reduced oxygen flow, neuron damage and bleeding

Experts call for NHS to provide genetic tests to usher in era of personalised medicine

We must move away from the current "one drug and one dose fits all" model to make treatments safer and more effective

Huge DNA study reveals new clues about cancer-causing mutations

The findings could lead to better diagnosis and treatments for cancer

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EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT A FUTURE WHERE YOU CAN HAVE YOUR STEAK AND EAT IT…

NASA to test giant slingshot designed to fling satellites into orbit

NASA has teamed up with private spaceflight company SpinLaunch to trial a unique system designed to send satellites into space using a slingshot-like launcher. The system works by attaching a rocket payload onto one end of a giant spinning arm powered by electric motors, accelerating it to high speeds and then flinging it out into space.

How to Build the Future of Social Media

At the Polarization Lab in North Carolina, multidisciplinary researchers – including social scientists, statisticians and computer scientists – are breaking apart the social media status quo to rebuild it, one peer-reviewed brick at a time

W Boson: Is About to Break Physics?

The mass of the W boson, a subatomic particle, appears to be wrong. What could this mean for the Standard Model of particle physics?

Rosalind Franklin rover suspended

The consequences of big political shifts on Earth have reached as far as Mars

Our experts review the latest kit - FIRST LIGHT

Starbase 80 refractor and mount package - A user-friendly system with an achromatic telescope and portable altaz mount

Q&A WITH A PLANETARY RESEARCH SCIENTIST

Research into whether Venus had liquid oceans in its past is giving more insight into how Earth has so far avoided a runaway greenhouse effect

Learning about LAYERS

Expert astrophotographer Will Gater provides a beginner's guide to the power of layers-based image editing

Artemis I rocket reaches launch pad

Rocket bound for the Moon set for launch rehearsal

INSIDE THE SKY AT NIGHT

Georgina Dransfield visited Antarctica to search for exoplanets and filmed her time there for the April episode of The Sky at Night

From particles to parsecs

Toby Friend considers how the development of astronomy and cosmology on the largest of scales, and particle physics on the very smallest; has often been intertwined

In search of the Belt of Venus

Katrin Raynor-Evans looks at what causes the beautiful atmospheric phenomenon that occurs in the sky opposite a sunset or sunrise

Field of View - Poetry in Lunar Motion

Poetry in lunar motion Caroline Burrows spends a month making poetic observations of the Moon

Pioneers of Dark Matter

The term 'dark matter' was coined a century ago this month. Govert Schilling selects seven scientists who shed light on astronomy's biggest mystery

Welcome to Galaxy Season

For many astronomers, springtime means one thing - galaxies. Stuart Atkinson reveals this season's deep-sky highlights

MIGRAINES:CAN NEW TREATMENTS HELP EASE THE SUFFERING OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE?

Better understanding of the processes driving migraine pain is leading to promising new remedies

ARGOS OR AMAZON: WHO DID IT FIRST?

You can thank an in-flight catalogue, not the internet, for the emergence of convenient same-day deliveries

Can a smartphone be eco-friendly and desirable?

Fairphone has a long history of producing some of the most eco-friendly smartphones around. In fact, it is currently ranked in the top 1 per cent of sustainable companies in the world according to EcoVadis, a sustainability ratings company.

MALE CONTRACEPTIVE PILL ONE STEP CLOSER

The researchers behind the drug hope it will start human clinical trials later this year