An artist’s impression of a Type Ia supernova – the explosion of a white dwarf locked in a binary system with a companion star.

Gaia discovers its first supernova

12 September 2014

While scanning the sky to measure the positions and movements of stars in our Galaxy, Gaia has discovered its first stellar explosion in another galaxy...

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Tiny sperm, big stories

10 September 2014

Sperm will take centre stage at a conference in Cambridge later this week as researchers from a wide range of disciplines gather to consider the...

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