Read article 'Astroparticle Physics'
Astroparticle Physics
Marcello Lissia reviews in 2014 Astroparticle physics by Claus Grupen.
Read article 'Astroparticle Physics'
Read article 'INTEGRAL reveals Milky Ways’ supernova rate'
INTEGRAL reveals Milky Ways’ supernova rate
One supernova explosion every 50 years in our galaxy: that is the rate that a European team has determined from the observations of ESA's INTEGRAL gamma-ray satellite. This figure is based on the amo...
Read article 'Particles in Portugal: new high-energy physics results'
Particles in Portugal: new high-energy physics results
Europe's premier particle-physics conference took place in 2005 on the banks of the River Tagus, near Lisbon. Per Osland and Jorma Tuominiemi report.
Read article 'Spitzer sees light from the very first stars'
Spitzer sees light from the very first stars
Deep observations with NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope have revealed infrared background anisotropies that can be attributed to emission from the very first stars in the universe. The diffuse glo...
Read article 'Do gamma rays reveal our galaxy’s dark matter?'
Do gamma rays reveal our galaxy’s dark matter?
An observed excess of diffuse gamma rays traces the distribution of dark matter in our galaxy through its annihilations. Wim de Boer describes a recent analysis of the data.
Read article 'Gamma-ray bursts: a look behind the headlines'
Gamma-ray bursts: a look behind the headlines
Has the 35 year old mystery regarding gamma-ray bursts really been solved, and are recent observations really a complete surprise? Arnon Dar thinks not.
Read article 'Uppsala 2005: leptons, photons and a lot more'
Uppsala 2005: leptons, photons and a lot more
The biennial Lepton-Photon conference was held in Uppsala on 30 June - 5 July. The talks erected the impressive edifice known as the Standard Model and showed that experimental ingenuity has not yet s...
Read article 'VLT astronomers discover new population of distant galaxies'
VLT astronomers discover new population of distant galaxies
A team using the Very Large Telescope (VLT) of the European Southern Observatory (ESO) has identified a much larger population of distant galaxies than previously estimated. The new population mainly ...
Read article 'MAGIC and Swift capture GRB'
MAGIC and Swift capture GRB
The MAGIC telescope observed a gamma-ray burst seconds after its explosion was detected by NASA's Swift satellite.
Read article 'Swift catches afterglows of gamma-ray bursts'
Swift catches afterglows of gamma-ray bursts
The ability of NASA’s Swift satellite to point its X-ray telescope rapidly towards gamma-ray bursts is, for the first time, allowing the study of the afterglow phase a minute or so after the act...
