Read article 'ESO’s Extremely Large Telescope halfway to completion'
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 'ESO’s Extremely Large Telescope halfway to completion'
Read article 'Time dilation finally observed in quasars'
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'
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'
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'
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'
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'
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'
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'
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.
Read article 'Euclid to link the largest and smallest scales'
Euclid to link the largest and smallest scales
The science goals of the European Space Agency's newest explorer, Euclid, align closely with some of the biggest mysteries in particle physics.
