VLT to help map the universe
Attempting to measure the evolution of the universe requires a huge sample of objects. Observations of millions of galaxies, looking further and further back in time, are needed to make an enormous 3D...
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Attempting to measure the evolution of the universe requires a huge sample of objects. Observations of millions of galaxies, looking further and further back in time, are needed to make an enormous 3D...
The launch of the International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory (INTEGRAL) is scheduled for 17 October.
The PAMELA experiment, scheduled to be launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome next year, is set to provide a better understanding of the antimatter component of cosmic rays. Mark Pearce reports.
As the curtain is being raised on today's generation of gravitational wave (GW) detectors, the individual project teams met to consider future detectors and the goal of running the global ensemble of ...
How the first groups of galaxies formed is one of the biggest mysteries in modern cosmology. Now another piece of the puzzle has been identified by the Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile, with the di...
Some of the universe’s most luminous objects might not be as bright as they seem. A recent study suggests that around a third of high-redshift quasars may have their emission magnified by a fact...
A dedicated cosmic-ray experiment making use of the muon identification system of CERN's L3 experiment collected cosmic ray muons between April 1999 until L3 finished taking data in 2000.
European astroparticle physics received a boost last year with the formation of the Astroparticle Physics European Coordination (APPEC), established in an agreement signed by funding agencies from Fra...
The first results from the Cosmic Background Imager (CBI) were released in May. Observations of the microwave background are the closest astronomers can get to the Big Bang, and fluctuations in this r...