Alex Thomson
The Severn bore comes – and the levee breaks…
Alex Thomson waits with the surfers and residents for the arrival of Severn bore, and the flooding that inevitably follows it.
Search results for ‘Milky Way’
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Andromeda breakthrough for ‘Milky Way Kid’
Neil Ibata has helped produce a computer simulation which could revolutionise how we think about galaxy formation, and his work is featured on the cover of Nature. Not bad for a 15-year-old.
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Gold standard for Northumberland’s starry skies
It is one of the best places in the UK to see the Milky Way. And now, part of Northumberland’s countryside is to be awarded dark sky park status, and will become the largest in Europe.
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Stephen Hawking’s search for life beyond earth
The celebrated cosmologist teams up with billionaire Russian entrepreneur Yuri Milner as they launch a quest to discover life elsewhere in the universe.
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Hubble telescope: 25 years of stunning images
The Hubble telescope has come a long way in the 25 years since it beamed its first, grainy images back to earth. Here is a selection of its pictures, revealing stunning views across the galaxies.
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How close are we to discovering alien life?
An alien world covered in cities and giant structures that reach into the heavens – science fiction, or is science on the verge of discovering extra-terrestrial life?
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Is there anybody out there? New planet could hold life
A new planet – similar size to the earth – could contain some life forms because it has the right temperatures to form water, scientists say.
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Gaia satellite launched to map a billion stars
A £2bn satellite that was 20 years in the making is launched into space as part of an EU mission to map a billion stars.
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New Earth-like planet could sustain life, scientists claim
A planet just 12 light years away from Earth orbitting a star similiar to our sun could be a suitable environment to sustain the right conditions for life, according to scientists.
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The end of the world as we know it?
Astronomers have discovered when the world will end. But luckily the earth’s collision with another solar system won’t be for another four billion years, as Science Editor Tom Clarke explains.
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Half the UK ‘cannot see all the stars’
Light pollution has become so bad that most stars are invisible to more than 50 per cent of people in the UK, according to a new survey.
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‘Star Wars’ planet discovered by astronomers
Scientists say they have discovered the first planet which, like Tatooine in the Star Wars films, orbits two suns. One leading astronomer tells Channel 4 News it is a “science fiction dream come true”
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Potentially habitable new planet discovered
A planet discovered outside our solar system may be the right temperature to support life, scientists believe. An astronomy expert explains the significance of the discovery for Channel 4 News.
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Alex Thomson
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Let history judge: saving Rangoon's heritage for posterity?
Burma never enjoyed the economic boom that swept Asia – but that has saved its colonial heritage from being demolished. Now the capital has been moved from Rangoon, neglect and ruin lie in wait.