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The public’s appetite for astronomy
Paul Crowther is a professor of astrophysics in the Department of Physics & Astronomy at The University of Sheffield. His main research area involves observations of hot, luminous stars in nearby...
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Night planets
News of another lovely celestial event has come in from the Nehru Planetarium in Mumbai. Arvind Paranjpye, who has just moved to the planetarium as its Director from the Inter-University Centre for...
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Young astronomy
We are looking at an award winning photograph by young astronomer Dhruv Arvind Paranjpye. The award winning picture. © D. A. Paranjapye About a year and a half back in September 2010, this picture...
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Arab world gets chance to name an asteroid
A young Kuwait scientist has launched a campaign in the Middle East to give people a chance to name an asteroid, hoping it would reignite Arab’s passion with science and space. Maryam Aljoaan is not...
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Hubble and the cosmic sublime in poetry
The Butterfly Nebula (NGC 6302).NASA, ESA and A.Zijlstra (UMIST, Manchester, UK) Twenty-five years ago, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope began to lay bare the depths of space — from the evolution of...
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Finding job satisfaction as a data scientist
Following your interests and making connections can launch a career. Unlike most US students, Nathan Sanders declared his specialty as soon as he started undergraduate studies. He’d known for years...
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A look out to a dark Universe: Three young scientists share their thoughts
Young scientists from Nature’s Outlook on the dark Universe share their views on dark matter, gravitational waves, and dark energy. You can find the full Outlook, covering the Lindau conference, Nobel...
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What are the benefits of reproducibility in science?
There has always been an element of risk in science, which is why data must be reproducible, explains Ellen Phiddian. On June 6, 2012, I skipped class to watch the transit of Venus. I was studying in...
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Open data lessons from an astronomical atlas
Science needs to get over its problem with secrecy and change the climate where scientific knowledge is treated like military intelligence, argues Katie Ember. The image was taken at 05:11 on the 10...
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A student shaping the future of African astronomy
Africa is investing in a future for astronomy research, but it requires a fresh cohort of enthusiastic people to make it happen. Gina Maffey talks to one dedicated scientist. “I want to see Africa lit...
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African astronomy and how one student broke into the field
Africa is investing in a future of astronomy research, but students need access to inspirational lecturers, says Gina Maffey. Isaac Mumo Mutie What do you do when the degree you want to study is not...
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Podcast: Stars of the yeast
If you’re not loving what you do, try something new. That’s the message both from Ricardo Wilches and Eyal Schwartz. The two researchers swapped academia for careers that combine their love of...
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Young astronomy
We are looking at an award winning photograph by young astronomer Dhruv Arvind Paranjpye. The award winning picture. © D. A. Paranjapye About a year and a half back in September 2010, this picture...
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Arab world gets chance to name an asteroid
A young Kuwait scientist has launched a campaign in the Middle East to give people a chance to name an asteroid, hoping it would reignite Arab’s passion with science and space. Maryam Aljoaan is not...
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Hubble and the cosmic sublime in poetry
The Butterfly Nebula (NGC 6302).NASA, ESA and A.Zijlstra (UMIST, Manchester, UK) Twenty-five years ago, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope began to lay bare the depths of space — from the evolution of...
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Finding job satisfaction as a data scientist
Following your interests and making connections can launch a career. Unlike most US students, Nathan Sanders declared his specialty as soon as he started undergraduate studies. He’d known for years...
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A look out to a dark Universe: Three young scientists share their thoughts
Young scientists from Nature’s Outlook on the dark Universe share their views on dark matter, gravitational waves, and dark energy. You can find the full Outlook, covering the Lindau conference, Nobel...
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What are the benefits of reproducibility in science?
There has always been an element of risk in science, which is why data must be reproducible, explains Ellen Phiddian. On June 6, 2012, I skipped class to watch the transit of Venus. I was studying in...
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Open data lessons from an astronomical atlas
Science needs to get over its problem with secrecy and change the climate where scientific knowledge is treated like military intelligence, argues Katie Ember. The image was taken at 05:11 on the 10...
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A student shaping the future of African astronomy
Africa is investing in a future for astronomy research, but it requires a fresh cohort of enthusiastic people to make it happen. Gina Maffey talks to one dedicated scientist. “I want to see Africa lit...
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