Read article 'AMS-02 provides a precise measure of cosmic rays'
AMS-02 provides a precise measure of cosmic rays
Results from the first two years of operation of the AMS experiment on the ISS were presented at ICRC 2013 in Rio de Janeiro.
Read article 'AMS-02 provides a precise measure of cosmic rays'
Read article 'Do fast radio bursts signal black-hole formation?'
Do fast radio bursts signal black-hole formation?
Astronomers using the 64-m Parkes radio telescope in Australia have detected radio transients with a duration of only 4 ms. These fast radio bursts (FRBs) are a recently discovered class of myste...
Read article 'IceCube detects ultra-high-energy events and observes oscillations'
IceCube detects ultra-high-energy events and observes oscillations
Neutrino experiments – thanks to the nature of the particles themselves – are notoriously difficult and experiments that make use of the natural source of particles within the cosmic radiation fac...
Read article 'DESY inaugurates prototype for the Cherenkov Telescope Array'
DESY inaugurates prototype for the Cherenkov Telescope Array
The first prototype telescope for the planned Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) has been inaugurated in Berlin.
Read article 'Galaxy clusters shed new light on dark matter'
Galaxy clusters shed new light on dark matter
What is the actual distribution of dark matter? Does it follow the expectations for cold dark matter (CDM)? “Yes, it does,” according to a team of astronomers that has measured the average...
Read article 'Why do some gamma-ray bursts last hours?'
Why do some gamma-ray bursts last hours?
Three unusually long-lasting stellar explosions discovered by NASA’s Swift satellite represent a new class of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). Astrophysicists conclude that they probably arose from the ...
Read article 'AMS measures antimatter excess in space'
AMS measures antimatter excess in space
The international team running the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) has announced the first results in its search for dark matter.
Read article 'Planck reveals an almost perfect universe'
Planck reveals an almost perfect universe
The long awaited results from ESA’s Planck mission, based on the most detailed observations to date of the cosmic microwave background (CMB), were released on 21 March. While the new data c...
Read article 'Supernova remnants accelerate cosmic rays'
Supernova remnants accelerate cosmic rays
A century after the discovery of cosmic rays, NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has gathered strong evidence that protons are, indeed, accelerated to high-energies by supernova remnants (SN...
Read article 'Plumbing the depths of neutron stars'
Plumbing the depths of neutron stars
New techniques developed by the ISOLTRAP collaboration are allowing investigations of a possible birthplace of the heavy elements.
