Read article 'Listening for the music of gravity'
Listening for the music of gravity
The latest generation of high-precision experiments is bringing observers one step closer to detecting the elusive song of gravity waves.
Read article 'Listening for the music of gravity'
Read article 'High energies and high altitudes'
High energies and high altitudes
A recent meeting in Bolivia looked at the possibilities of mounting new physics instrumentation at the highest-altitude laboratory in the world. Larry Jones reports.
Read article 'VLT investigates cosmic shear'
VLT investigates cosmic shear
Astronomers have mapped the universe’s dark matter in 50 independent directions using the European Southern Observatories’ Very Large Telescope (VLT). Their results, announced in December,...
Read article 'ESA supports physics missions'
ESA supports physics missions
Last autumn the European Space Agency’s Science Programme Committee met to define the priorities for 2008-2013. Its announced package included funding for two missions to study fundamental physi...
Read article 'Mapping chaos in particle revolutions'
Mapping chaos in particle revolutions
Over the past decade the technique of frequency map analysis, developed to study astronomical systems, has shown its value in an increasing number of areas, including the analysis of particle orbits ...
Read article 'CAPP off at music and physics festival'
CAPP off at music and physics festival
Music and physics combined during the CAPP 2000.
Read article 'Remotest gamma burst seen'
Remotest gamma burst seen
A violent burst of gamma rays detected on 31 January has been pinpointed to a galaxy at a redshift of 4.5, making it the most remote such burst ever observed. Its brightness was enormous – 10 00...
Read article 'Final VLT telescope observes first light'
Final VLT telescope observes first light
This autumn saw a double milestone for the European Southern Observatories’ Very Large Telescope (VLT) interferometer at the Paranal observatory, Chile. The fourth and final 8.2 m telescope of t...
Read article 'Chandra shows Crab pulsar rings'
Chandra shows Crab pulsar rings
The Crab supernova remnant is the remains of a star seen to explode in 1054 AD. In the explosion, the outer layers of the star were blasted off, leaving a dense rotating neutron star, or pulsar, in th...
Read article 'Sugar in space'
Sugar in space
The prospects for life in the universe have just got sweeter with the first discovery of a simple sugar molecule in space. Glycolaldehyde can combine with other molecules to form the more complex suga...
