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China successfully launches Tianwen-1 Mars probe
Craft will study Mars’ magnetosphere and atmosphere as well as surface and subsurface geological structures
A flat-Earth fight, an inconsistent Hubble constant, and carbon atoms at a graphene ‘watering hole’
Debates over the shape of the Earth and the rate of the universe's expansion have a very different feel
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Read article: United Arab Emirates launches Hope mission to Mars
United Arab Emirates launches Hope mission to Mars
The Hope craft – the first Arab mission to Mars – will study the Martian atmosphere including daily and seasonal changes in the climate
Read article: Hubble at 30: how NASA’s telescope went from ‘techno-turkey’ to iconic observatory
Hubble at 30: how NASA’s telescope went from ‘techno-turkey’ to iconic observatory
The Hubble Space Telescope almost single-handedly transformed astronomical research and altered the public’s perception of space. After 30 years, attention is turning to its succ...
Read article: Mars rover launch delayed until 2022
Mars rover launch delayed until 2022
Coronavirus outbreak called "the straw that broke the camel's back" after glitches with the rover's parachutes and electronics
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Research headlines
Tabletop device might snare gravitational waves using tiny diamonds
New matter-wave interferometer would rely on nanoparticles, not lasers
LIGO reveals quantum correlations at work in mirrors weighing tens of kilograms
Result points to lower noise limit for gravitational-wave detectors
Calculating the speed of coronal mass ejections could avoid unneeded satellite shutdown
Careful analysis could avoid false alarms of damaging solar storms
Mystery object spotted by LIGO–Virgo gravitational-wave detectors
Is it the biggest neutron star, or the smallest black hole ever detected?
Artificial intelligence spots unusual feature at Earth’s core-mantle boundary
Astrophysics algorithm is applied to seismic waves
Bose–Einstein condensate is made onboard the International Space Station
Fifth state of matter has distinctive features when created in orbit
Latest articles in astronomy and space
Read article: Growing the gravitational-wave network
Growing the gravitational-wave network
David Reitze discusses how gravitational-wave observations are set for a multi-detector boost
Read article: Planet Nine: is it a planet, a primordial black hole, or something else entirely?
Planet Nine: is it a planet, a primordial black hole, or something else entirely?
Fleets of tiny probes might discover what’s lurking at the edge of our Solar System
Read article: David Leckrone on his 33 years with the Hubble Space Telescope mission, Twitter poster conference takes off
David Leckrone on his 33 years with the Hubble Space Telescope mission, Twitter poster conference takes off
How NASA corrected Hubble’s spherical aberration and other triumphs
Read article: David Leckrone’s scientific highlights from three decades of the Hubble Space Telescope
David Leckrone’s scientific highlights from three decades of the Hubble Space Telescope
Astrophysicist and former senior project scientist for Hubble picks his favourites
Read article: Finding a consistent constant
Finding a consistent constant
Keith Cooper investigates the discrepancies in values of the Hubble constant and asks what this might mean for cosmology
Read article: Hubble trouble, fighting ‘flat-Earthers’ and blue lasers for batteries: the July 2020 edition of Physics World is now out
Hubble trouble, fighting ‘flat-Earthers’ and blue lasers for batteries: the July 2020 edition of Physics World is now out
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Read article: Exotic locales for alien life, meet a 16-year-old satellite scientist
Exotic locales for alien life, meet a 16-year-old satellite scientist
Excerpts from the Red Folder
Read article: Laser-driven shock waves recreate deep-Earth environment
Laser-driven shock waves recreate deep-Earth environment
X-ray diffraction technique could also shed light on conditions within “super-Earth” exoplanets
Read article: Colliding galaxies created the solar system, say astronomers
Colliding galaxies created the solar system, say astronomers
Sun was born when the Sagittarius galaxy passed through the Milky Way
Read article: Why the SpaceX/NASA launch is so important, how to be a successful physics YouTuber
Why the SpaceX/NASA launch is so important, how to be a successful physics YouTuber
Travelling into orbit and using a green screen are on the agenda this week
Read article: Neutron stars may contain free quarks
Neutron stars may contain free quarks
Quark-matter cores likely in the most massive stars, say researchers
Read article: The Cassini spacecraft mission at Saturn
The Cassini spacecraft mission at Saturn
Available to watch now, explore the ending of the Cassini spacecraft mission at Saturn as sponsored by XIA and AWE
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