Read article 'ALMA tastes sugar around a Sun-like star'
A team of astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimetre/submillimetre Array (ALMA) has identified sugar molecules in the gas surrounding a young Sun-like star. This is the first time that sugar has b...
Read article 'ESO and CERN: a tale of two organizations'
A look back at the birth of ESO 50 years ago.
Read article 'Auger determines pp inelastic cross-section at √s = 57 TeV'
The Pierre Auger Observatory was constructed with the aim of understanding the nature and characteristics of these particles using precise measurements of cosmic-ray-induced extensive air showers up t...
Read article 'Dark-matter filament binds galaxy clusters'
Numerical simulations of structure formation in the universe reveal how clusters of galaxies form at the intersection of dark-matter filaments. The presence of such a filament connecting the galaxy cl...
Read article 'The Milky Way’s dark-matter halo reappears'
Back in April, a study of the motion of hundreds of stars in the Milky Way found no evidence of a massive dark-matter halo (CERN Courier June 2012 p11). The finding came as a surprise and did not long...
Read article 'A discovery of cosmic proportions'
What Victor Hess found out when he took to the skies in 1912.
Read article 'Domenico Pacini and the origin of cosmic rays'
A forgotten pioneer of the early days of cosmic-ray research.
Read article 'Studies of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays look to the future'
A symposium at CERN discussed the challenges in detecting extreme events.
Read article 'ALICE looks to the skies'
ALICE is one of the four big experiments at CERN’s LHC. It is devoted mainly to the study of a new phase of matter, the quark–gluon plasma, which is created in heavy-ion collisions at very ...
Read article 'Cherenkov Telescope Array is set to open new windows'
A new facility to push forward very high-energy gamma-ray astronomy.
