Read article 'Fermi measures the spectrum of cosmic-ray electrons and positrons'
The Fermi Gamma-Ray Telescope can find out about more than gamma rays. It has now provided the most accurate measurement of the spectrum of cosmic-ray electrons and positrons. These results are consis...
Read article 'Cosmology’s golden age'
Nobel laureate George Smoot looks at exciting times now and to come in cosmology.
Read article 'A MAGIC touch brings astronomical delights'
Twin imaging air-Cherenkov telescopes on La Palma peer deep into the gamma-ray universe.
Read article 'PAMELA finds an anomalous cosmic positron abundance'
The collaboration for the Payload for Antimatter Matter Exploration and Light-nuclei Astrophysics (PAMELA) experiment has published evidence of a cosmic-positron abundance in the 1.5–100 GeV range.
Read article 'New Zealand meeting looks at dark matter'
The Dark 2009 conference took place in Christchurch earlier this year.
Read article 'MAGIC becomes twice as good'
Now the MAGIC-I telescope is being joined by a sibling, MAGIC-II, which has similar characteristics together with several improvements.
Read article 'PAMELA pins down cosmic antiproton flux'
The satellite experiment Payload for Antimatter Matter Exploration and Light-nuclei Astrophysics (PAMELA) has made a new measurement of the antiproton-to-proton flux ratio in cosmic rays with energi...
Read article 'Fermi sees most powerful gamma-ray burst'
The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has observed the evolution of a gamma-ray burst over six orders of magnitude in photon energy.
Read article 'Planck satellite takes off to chart the universe'
ESA's satellite mission to map the cosmic microwave background.
Read article 'MINOS maps the deepest secrets of the upper atmosphere'
A collaborative study by particle physicists and atmospheric researchers has found the first correlations between daily variations in cosmic-ray muons detected deep below ground and large-scale phenom...
