Read article 'Supernovae and Gamma Ray Bursters'
Supernovae and Gamma Ray Bursters
Arnon Dar reviews in 2004 Supernovae and Gamma Ray Bursters.
Read article 'Supernovae and Gamma Ray Bursters'
Read article 'Double pulsar opens up new astrophysics'
Double pulsar opens up new astrophysics
An international team of scientists working with the 64 m Parkes Telescope in Australia and the 76 m Lovell Telescope at the Jodrell Bank Observatory in the UK has found that the recently discovered n...
Read article 'PHYSTAT 2003: statistics for quarks and quasars'
PHYSTAT 2003: statistics for quarks and quasars
Given the impressive price tags of particle accelerators and telescopes, scientists are keen to extract the most from their hard-won data. In response to this, statistical analysis techniques have con...
Read article 'German astroparticle physics shows its strength'
German astroparticle physics shows its strength
Despite strong pressure on the budget for education and research, astroparticle physics in Germany is becoming a strong and autonomous branch of science, as Axel Lindner explains.
Read article 'Spitzer Space Telescope delivers first pictures'
Spitzer Space Telescope delivers first pictures
On 18 December 2003 a new window to the universe opened with the release of the first dazzling images from NASA’s newly named Spitzer Space Telescope, formerly known as the Space InfraRed Telesc...
Read article 'MAGIC opens up the gamma-ray sky'
MAGIC opens up the gamma-ray sky
The MAGIC telescope was inaugurated on 10 October on the Canary Island of La Palma.
Read article 'Auger ready for ultra-high-energy cosmic rays'
Auger ready for ultra-high-energy cosmic rays
With the completion of its 100th surface detector at the end of October, the Pierre Auger Observatory became the largest cosmic-ray air-shower array in the world.
Read article 'INTEGRAL discovers hidden black holes'
INTEGRAL discovers hidden black holes
INTEGRAL, the powerful gamma-ray space telescope, has discovered what seems to be a new class of astronomical objects. These are binary systems, probably including a black hole or a neutron star, embe...
Read article 'Physics from heaven and Earth'
Physics from heaven and Earth
The International Europhysics Conference on High Energy Physics of the European Physical Society (HEP-EPS) provided a superb synergy between physics, history and music, as Felicitas Pauss reports.
Read article 'Evidence for spinning black holes in our galaxy'
Evidence for spinning black holes in our galaxy
Do all black holes spin? How fast do they spin? The most detailed studies of stellar black holes to date by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and the European Space Agency’s XMM-Newton sate...
