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In this week’s episode of Space Minds David Ariosto sits down Nathalie Cabrol, Director of the Carl Sagan Center at the SETI Institute who explains why the Red Planet may hold answers about ...

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A five-dimensional model has successfully predicted the asymmetric fission of mercury isotopes, offering new insights into ...

Following the announcement that the Royal Air Force is regaining nuclear weapons, we explore the service’s history using ...

Nuclear physics is the study of the protons and neutrons at the centre of an atom and the interactions that hold them together in a space just a few femtometres (10-15 metres) across.