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From notebook sketches to space-telescope data: explore how mapping starlight using the Herzsprung-Russell (H-R) diagram helps us trace the life stories of stars across the universe.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Meet the universe’s ultimate drama queens – stars that steal, explode, and shine brighter than ever before.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16;
In an update using the latest scientific research, all the basic SI units will soon be officially defined in terms of the Universe’s fundamental constants.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Gravitational waves were predicted by Einstein – but where do they come from, and what different types might there be out in the cosmos?
Ages: 16-19;
Scientists are searching deep underground for hard-to-detect particles that stream across the Universe.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Intrigue your students with some surprising experiments – it’s a great way to challenge their intuitions and explore the laws of mechanics.
Ages: 14-16;
Find out how we know what the Sun (and stars) are made of.
Ages: 16-19;
Get your students to use their smartphones for some hands-on astronomy.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Measure the distance from Earth to the Moon using high-school geometry and an international network of schools and observatories.
Ages: 14-16;
Different stars shine with different colours, and you can use a light bulb to help explain why.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
| Issue 76
A map of the stars
Topics: Astronomy / space
| Issue 75
Celestial cannibalism: investigating cataclysmic variable stars
Topics: Astronomy / space, Earth science, Physics
| Issue 45
SI units: a new update for standards
Topics: Physics, General science
| Issue 41
Gravitational waves: a taxonomy
Topics: Physics, Astronomy / space
| Issue 39
Science goes underground
Topics: Physics, Astronomy / space
| Issue 39
When things don’t fall: the counter-intuitive physics of balanced forces
Topics: Physics
| Issue 37
What are stars made of?
Topics: Physics, Chemistry, Astronomy / space
| Issue 36
Smart measurements of the heavens
Topics: Physics, Earth science, Mathematics, Astronomy / space
| issue 35
Geometry can take you to the Moon
Topics: Physics, Astronomy / space, Mathematics
| Issue 31
Starlight inside a light bulb
Topics: Physics, Astronomy / space
