By Chenxin Tu, 26 November 2024
Twinkle, twinkle, giant stars! Pairs of so-called ‘heartbeat’ stars change their brightness like the rhythm of a beating heart. For the first time, new models show that they also create gigantic waves.
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By Ariel Marcy, 15 October 2024
With this quiz, everything is looking up! Can you dazzle us with a stellar 5/5?
By David Shaw, 2 June 2021
This quiz is all about shiny things. Will there be a glimmer in your eye as you get 5/5?
By David Shaw, 3 July 2019
Do you know how frogs breathe? We do! Test your knowledge in our latest quiz covering topics from plants and stars, to rocks and bytes.
By David Shaw, 1 August 2017
Here’s a tricky puzzle for you! An eight pointed star, and seven coins. Can you put all the coins onto the star?
By Jasmine Fellows, 9 May 2014
Written by Sarah Kellett Our Sun has a neighbour, and it’s as cold as the North Pole. An invisible brown dwarf has been found a mere 7.2 light years away, by space telescopes searching in the infrared.