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Rogue planet growing at Six billion tonnes a second
Researchers have revealed a dramatic ‘growth spurt’ in a mysterious rogue planet, a rare type of planet that drifts freely through space, untethered to any star.
James Webb Space Telescope’s first look for an atmosphere on habitable zone exoplanet
Groundbreaking new research has identified signs of a potential atmosphere surrounding an Earth-sized exoplanet located 40 light years away.
Solar flares hotter than thought
New research has proposed that particles in solar flares are 6.5 times hotter than previously thought and provided an unexpected solution to a 50-year-old mystery about our nearest star.
Dean of Medicine to lead national pandemic partnership
Professor Deborah Williamson, Dean of Medicine, appointed Co-Director of new National Scottish Pandemic Sciences Partnership
St Andrews report says Scotland must break silence on ‘Tinker Experiments’
Research led by the University of St Andrews into 20th century policies affecting Gypsy/Traveller communities across Scotland - including the forced and permanent removal of children from their families - has found clear
UK astronomers get front-row seats for groundbreaking movie of the cosmos
The decade-long wait for UK astronomers ends as the NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory reveals dazzling first images.
£1.6 million award for dementia research
Dr John Danial has been awarded a £1.6 million Career Development Award from the Medical Research Council (MRC).
Ancient Inka string writing used to record climate change
Ongoing research has discovered that khipus have been used to record climate change
The biggest biodiversity time-series database on the planet will give unprecedented insight into global change
The BioTIME database offers unprecedented insight into how biodiversity is changing through time across the world