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Stephen Hawking dies at 76

The Cambridge physicist changed our understanding of black holes and the universe.

14 March 2018 · Source: Wikipedia

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Cassini mission ends at Saturn

The spacecraft plunges into the planet after 13 years in orbit.

15 September 2017 · Source: Wikipedia

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Gravitational waves detected

Birmingham scientists help confirm ripples in space-time predicted by Einstein.

11 February 2016 · Source: Wikipedia

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Tim Peake launches to the space station

He is the first British European Space Agency astronaut to visit the ISS.

15 December 2015 · Source: Wikipedia

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Philae lands on a comet

The European lander touches down after a ten-year journey, but bounces twice.

12 November 2014 · Source: Wikipedia

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Skeleton in Leicester car park is Richard III

DNA from living descendants confirms the identity of the king killed at Bosworth.

4 February 2013 · Source: Wikipedia

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Higgs boson discovery announced

Two experiments at CERN find a new particle nearly 50 years after it was predicted.

4 July 2012 · Source: Wikipedia

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Final space shuttle mission lands

Atlantis touches down, ending NASA's 30-year shuttle programme.

21 July 2011 · Source: Wikipedia

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Scientists create first synthetic cell

Craig Venter's team builds a bacterial genome in the laboratory.

20 May 2010 · Source: Wikipedia

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Darwin 200: celebrations mark the naturalist's birth

The anniversary falls 150 years after On the Origin of Species was published.

12 February 2009 · Source: Wikipedia