Showing posts with label Astronomy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Astronomy. Show all posts

Wednesday, 12 January 2011

Science sees further

Three out of 12 articles selected by the Royal Society series ‘Science Sees Further’, which celebrates their 350th anniversary, were written by University of St Andrews researchers: ‘Biological diversity’, Professor A Magurran and Dr M Dornelas; ‘Cultural evolution’, Professor A Whiten FBA, Professor R Hinde FBA FRS, Professor C Stringer FRS and Professor K Laland; and ‘Extra-terrestrial life’, Dr M Dominik and Professor J Zarnecki. [Press link]

Tuesday, 21 December 2010

New planet discovered

A team of scientists have discovered a planet, now named Qatar-1b, orbiting a distant star 500 light years away. [Press link]