Read article 'Supernovae probe neutrino self-interactions'
The Standard Model predicts feeble self-interactions among neutrinos, but probing them remains beyond the reach of present-day laboratories on Earth.
Read article 'ESO’s Extremely Large Telescope halfway to completion'
The Extremely Large Telescope has passed its construction mid-point atop Cerro Armazones in the Atacama Desert.
Read article 'Time dilation finally observed in quasars'
Data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and PanSTARRS-1 resolve one of the main problems with the standard cosmological model.
Read article 'Gravitational waves: a golden era'
Azadeh Maleknejad and Fabrizio Rompineve explain why precision measurements of the gravitational-wave spectrum are essential to explore particle physics beyond the reach of colliders.
Read article 'Hints of low-frequency gravitational waves found'
Pulsar timing arrays have spotted the first evidence for a stochastic gravitational-wave background.
Read article 'Joined-up thinking in vacuum science'
CERN is home to an international effort to develop the next generation of gravitational-wave telescopes.
Read article 'A soft spot for heavy metal'
Together with colleagues from CERN’s Vacuum, Surfaces and Coatings and Mechanical and Materials Engineering groups, Audrey Vichard is working on R&D for the Einstein Telescope.
Read article 'DAMPE confirms cosmic-ray complexity'
The space-based Chinese–European Dark Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE) reports detailed insights into the various spectral "breaks" in cosmic-ray spectra.
Read article 'CERN shares beampipe know-how for gravitational-wave observatories'
Participants of a recent CERN workshop discussed vacuum technologies for next-generation gravitational-wave observatories such as the Einstein Telescope.
Read article 'X-ray source could reveal new class of supernovae'
Data from eROSITA and XMM Newton prove the existence of white dwarfs that accumulate helium from a companion star at a steady rate.
