Kelly Oakes has a master's degree in science communication and a degree in physics, both from Imperial College London. She started this blog so she could share some amazing stories about space, astrophysics, particle physics and more with other people, and partly so she could explore those stories herself.
A week in space: Cassini dips down to Enceladus, a solar flare erupts, Discovery moves, and more
If I lived elsewhere in the multiverse, this is the news and cool space stuff I’d have been covering this week. Unfortunately, in this universe I didn’t have the time.
Crushed comets give star a dusty belt
Supernova turns inside out and kicks neutron star
One billion stars (and a huge amount of data)
Faster-than-light neutrinos expose the inner workings of science
International Women's Day: Butterflies and Galaxies
Stars That Go Out with a Bang
A new supernova yields clues to how white dwarfs flame out
How `UFOs' Curb Black Hole Growth
Faster-than-light neutrinos explained?
Dropout Electrons Get Pushed out of Van Allen Belt
Snap Asteroid Eros and Help Measure the Size of the Solar System
Where Do Aurorae Come From?
Explaining Titan's Alien Weather System
Red Giant Core Spins Ten Times Faster Than Its Surface
How Brain Scans Can Help Astronomers Understand Stars
Faster-than-light neutrinos: a timeline
Stars That Go Out With a Bang
The Strange Case of the Christmas Burst
A Sweet and Simple Higgs Discovery
Massive Stars Create `Cocoon' of Cosmic Rays
Why the Higgs Boson Matters
Hubble Unearths Distant Colourful Dwarf Galaxies
Hubble has uncovered a goldmine of young dwarf galaxies that are undergoing intense bursts of star formation. Dwarf galaxies are the most common in the universe but until now astronomers had seen few examples of distant dwarf galaxies because they are small and not very bright.
CLASH of the Galaxy Clusters
Spooky Nebulae: Ghosts, Snakes, Spiders and Cats Eyes