Read article 'A MAGIC touch brings astronomical delights'
A MAGIC touch brings astronomical delights
Twin imaging air-Cherenkov telescopes on La Palma peer deep into the gamma-ray universe.
Read article 'A MAGIC touch brings astronomical delights'
Read article 'PAMELA finds an anomalous cosmic positron abundance'
PAMELA finds an anomalous cosmic positron abundance
The collaboration for the Payload for Antimatter Matter Exploration and Light-nuclei Astrophysics (PAMELA) experiment has published evidence of a cosmic-positron abundance in the 1.5–100 GeV range.
Read article 'New Zealand meeting looks at dark matter'
New Zealand meeting looks at dark matter
The Dark 2009 conference took place in Christchurch earlier this year.
Read article 'MAGIC becomes twice as good'
MAGIC becomes twice as good
Now the MAGIC-I telescope is being joined by a sibling, MAGIC-II, which has similar characteristics together with several improvements.
Read article 'PAMELA pins down cosmic antiproton flux'
PAMELA pins down cosmic antiproton flux
The satellite experiment Payload for Antimatter Matter Exploration and Light-nuclei Astrophysics (PAMELA) has made a new measurement of the antiproton-to-proton flux ratio in cosmic rays with energi...
Read article 'Fermi sees most powerful gamma-ray burst'
Fermi sees most powerful gamma-ray burst
The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has observed the evolution of a gamma-ray burst over six orders of magnitude in photon energy.
Read article 'Planck satellite takes off to chart the universe'
Planck satellite takes off to chart the universe
ESA's satellite mission to map the cosmic microwave background.
Read article 'MINOS maps the deepest secrets of the upper atmosphere'
MINOS maps the deepest secrets of the upper atmosphere
A collaborative study by particle physicists and atmospheric researchers has found the first correlations between daily variations in cosmic-ray muons detected deep below ground and large-scale phenom...
Read article 'The primary mechanism of blue stragglers is stellar cannibalism'
The primary mechanism of blue stragglers is stellar cannibalism
The long-standing mystery of the origin of blue stragglers in globular clusters has been solved. Researchers have found that these overweight stars do not result primarily from collisions between star...
Read article 'CMS does a full cosmic-data run'
CMS does a full cosmic-data run
On 11 November 2008 the conclusion of a month-long, major data-taking run by the CMS collaboration brought a two-year commissioning phase to a successful close.
