Astrophysics and cosmology Archives – Page 4 of 59

High time for holographic cosmology

On the Origin of Time is an intellectually thrilling book and a worthy sequel to Stephen Hawking’s bestsellers, writes Wolfgang Lerche.

The next 10 years in astroparticle theory

Newly appointed EuCAPT director Silvia Pascoli sets out her vision for disentangling fundamental questions involving dark matter, the baryon asymmetry, neutrinos, cosmic rays, gravitational waves, dar...

CERN teams up with ET on civil engineering

The Einstein Telescope requires a new underground infrastructure in the form of a triangle with 10 km-long arms.

Workshop detecting ultra-high-frequency gravitational waves

The inventive pursuit of UHF gravitational waves

Since their first direct detection in 2015, gravitational waves have become pivotal in our quest to understand the universe.

First DESI results shine a light on Hubble tension

The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument has catalogued millions of objects in its bid to study the evolution of the universe.

Sabbatical in space

CERN engineer Sławosz Uznański is one of 17 astronauts selected by ESA from among more than 22,000 applicants.

Advances in cosmology

The papers assembled in this volume range in subject matter from dark-matter searches and gravitational waves to artistic and philosophical considerations.

Potent accelerators in microquasar jets

H.E.S.S opens exciting possibilities in the search for galactic cosmic-ray sources at PeV energies and extragalactic ones at EeV energies.

AMS upgrade seeks to solve cosmic conundrum

A major upgrade to the AMS-02 tracking system planned for 2026 will bring key information relating to a mysterious excess of cosmic rays at high energies.