I have a new story published at ESA:

A team of European scientists has proved within an ESA study that the weird quantum effect called 'entanglement' remains intact over a distance of 144 kilometres. The experiment allows ESA to take a step closer to exploiting entanglement as a way of communicating with satellites in a secure fashion.

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The Guardian science podcast about The Sun Kings is now available for download.  There is much more on there than just The Sun Kings, including a discussion about detecting life on other worlds and a brief discussion about dark matter. You can download it here or by visiting their myspace page.

I have been asked to appear on the Guardian’s weekly science podcast to talk about The Sun Kings.  The Guardian is one of the UK’s daily national newspapers and its science reporting is highly regarded.  I’ll post more details as I get them.  In the meantime, check out their myspace page where you can listen to their previous podcasts.

You can also check out my own myspace page. Be my ‘friend’!

I spent a fun hour at the Guardian newspaper today talking about The Sun Kings with Guardian science writer Alok Jha.  The interview was recorded and will be part of their next science podcast.  You can download and the episode from Monday 11th June by visiting their myspace page.

I have a new story published on the New Scientist space website.

The two most massive stars ever discovered are circling each other 20,000 light years away near the centre of the Milky Way. The heavier of the two is 114 times as massive as the Sun – so big that according to some astronomers it should have blown itself to pieces. …

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