Rather than hoping for the emergence of some new ‘party of the left,’ EMMA DENT COAD sees a broad alliance of local parties and community groups as a way of reviving democratic progressive politics
Could Elon Musk’s megalomania hinder exoplanet research?
ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and JOEL HELLEWELL ask whether cluttering the skies with satellites is a good idea
An artist’s impression of transiting exoplanet Corot-9b which is the first “normal” exoplanet that can be studied in great detail. It is the size of Jupiter and an orbit similar to that of Mercury. It orbits a star similar to the Sun 1,500 light-years away from Earth towards the constellation of Serpens (the Snake)
In the second of two articles, DANIEL POWELL looks behind the headlines celebrating Ukrainian resistance to a complex reality of neonazi battalions, forced conscription and sabotaged peace deals
ANSELM ELDERGILL draws attention to a legal case on Tuesday in which a human rights group is challenging the government’s decision to allow the sale of weapons used against Palestinians
The obfuscation of Nazism’s capitalist roots has seen imperialism redeploy fascism again and again — from the killing fields of Guatemala to the war in Ukraine, writes PAWEL WARGAN
From Workers’ Memorial Day to May Day rallies, TOM MORRISON examines the real challenges facing the labour movement as Reform UK’s glossy literature exploits legitimate grievances in traditional left strongholds
Calls have been made for the return to Venezuela of a two-year-old girl currently being held in the US, after being separated from her family by immigration officials, reports SUSAN GREY
EXOPLANET research seeks to identify and characterise alien planets orbiting other stars.
Since the first exoplanet was confirmed in 1992, thousands of others have been found.
One focus for this research is the characterisation of their atmospheres. Our own atmosphere, the gas layer in which we live, is so intimately linked to the existence of life on Earth that understanding the atmospheres of exoplanets provides crucial evidence to identify other Earth-like planets.
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