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The Week in Space and Physics: A Real-Life Tatooine?
On worlds with two suns, a planet-eating star, rogue planets, and a hint of life far beyond the solar system.
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Alastair Williams
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The James Webb Still Hasn’t Found Life on K2-18b
Revisiting the rumours of life on K2-18b
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Alastair Williams
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Things Are Bigger Than We Imagine: On the Hidden Threads of Creation
On scale, structure, and the cosmic order
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Alastair Williams
The Week in Space and Physics: The Next Big Particle Collider
On Europe's next big particle collider, the demise of antimatter, the first polar astronauts, and an asteroid impact on the Moon
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Alastair Williams
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Did We Invent Mathematics? Or Did We Discover It?
On the reality (or not) of mathematics
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Alastair Williams
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March 2025

How the Einstein Ring Could Help Us Build the Greatest Telescope of All Time
On Einstein Rings and the ultimate telescope
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Alastair Williams
The Week in Space and Physics: The Mysteries of an Expanding Universe
On new observations of dark energy, NASA's newest space telescope, the furthest known galaxy, and a partial solar eclipse.
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Alastair Williams
How Gaia Mapped The Milky Way
On Gaia, the Tabula Rogeriana, and how we are building the first true map of our galaxy.
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Alastair Williams
Why Did The Athenians Kill Socrates?
On the life and death of Socrates
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Alastair Williams
The Week in Space and Physics: The First Molecules of Water
On the origins of water, a survey of the Radcliffe Wave, Moon landings, and the eighth flight of Starship.
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Was Zeno Wrong About the Impossibility of Motion?
On Zeno and the paradoxes of motion
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Alastair Williams
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February 2025

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