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.
Multi-messenger adventures
"This book offers a well-balanced introduction to particle and astroparticle physics, requiring only a basic background of classical and quantum physics."
DESY’s astroparticle aspirations
Christian Stegmann, director of DESY’s newly established research division for astroparticle physics, describes the ambitious plans ahead in this vibrant field.
First images of the centre of a galaxy
On 10 April, researchers working on the Event Horizon Telescope released the first direct image of a black hole.
Mysterious burst confounds astrophysicists
Hypotheses are that the Cow was either a compact object being destroyed when coming too close to a black hole, or a special type of supernova in which a black hole or magnetar is produced.
Colliders join the hunt for dark energy
The ATLAS collaboration carried out a first collider search for light scalar particles that could contribute to the accelerating expansion of the universe.
Solving the next mystery in astrophysics
Until recently the number of theories on the origin of fast radio bursts outnumbered the number of observations.
Gaia finds evidence of old Milky Way merger
Many of the stars appearing in the night sky did not originate from within our galaxy.
Particle physics meets astrophysics and gravity
The 7th International Conference on New Frontiers in Physics (ICNFP 2018) took place on 4–12 July in Kolymbari, Crete.
Gravitational hunt for extra dimensions
If extra dimensions are large, part of the gravitational field would “leak” into the extra dimensions and gravitational waves would be weaker than expected.
