Read article 'MAGIC spots epic gamma-ray burst'
MAGIC spots epic gamma-ray burst
TeV photons from distant gamma-ray burst provide evidence for synchrotron self-Compton process.
Read article 'MAGIC spots epic gamma-ray burst'
Read article 'Building Gargantua'
Building Gargantua
Oliver James describes the visual effects which produced the black hole in Interstellar.
Read article 'TAUP tackles topical questions'
TAUP tackles topical questions
The 16th International Conference on Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics was held in Toyama, Japan from 9–13 September.
Read article 'The galaxy that feeds three times per day'
The galaxy that feeds three times per day
Astronomers puzzled by galaxy that emits strong bursts of X-rays every nine hours.
Read article 'A new centre for astroparticle theory'
A new centre for astroparticle theory
On 10 July, CERN and the Astroparticle Physics European Consortium (APPEC) founded a new research centre for astroparticle physics theory called EuCAPT.
Read article 'Grappling with dark energy'
Grappling with dark energy
Adam Riess discusses intriguing discrepancies in the value of the Hubble constant.
Read article 'Galaxies thrive on new physics'
Galaxies thrive on new physics
Theorists at Durham University simulated the universe using hydrodynamical simulations in which a scalar field enhances gravitational forces in low-density regions.
Read article 'Interdisciplinary physics at the AEDGE'
Interdisciplinary physics at the AEDGE
Cold-atom interferometry could fill a gap in observational capability for gravitational waves in the intermediate-frequency band.
Read article 'Clocking the merger of two white dwarfs'
Clocking the merger of two white dwarfs
As two white dwarfs orbited one another they slowly lost momentum through the emission of gravitational waves.
Read article 'Studying neutron stars in the laboratory'
Studying neutron stars in the laboratory
The ALICE collaboration is now using the scattering between particles produced in collisions at the LHC to constrain interaction potentials in a new way.
