Read article 'There’s plenty of room at the top'
Space is the ultimate laboratory for fundamental physics and the possibility of holding experiments there was the theme of the SpacePart '03 conference. Roberto Battiston reports.
Read article 'ASACUSA probes the astrophysical ‘ice age’'
Given the apparent absence of antimatter at the cosmic scale, it might seem strange that a recent paper from the ASACUSA collaboration on quantum tunneling effects in collisions between antiprotonic h...
Read article 'Star ripped apart by giant black hole'
It has long been predicted that the very strong tidal forces of supermassive black holes at the centre of galaxies are able to disrupt stars venturing too close. Observational evidence for this phenom...
Read article 'Bringing the heavens down to Earth'
Recent developments and discoveries in astrophysics, particle physics and cosmology are creating an increasing synergy between astroparticle physics and particle physics at accelerators, as Nikolaos M...
Read article 'Supernovae and Gamma Ray Bursters'
Arnon Dar reviews in 2004 Supernovae and Gamma Ray Bursters.
Read article 'Double pulsar opens up new astrophysics'
An international team of scientists working with the 64 m Parkes Telescope in Australia and the 76 m Lovell Telescope at the Jodrell Bank Observatory in the UK has found that the recently discovered n...
Read article 'PHYSTAT 2003: statistics for quarks and quasars'
Given the impressive price tags of particle accelerators and telescopes, scientists are keen to extract the most from their hard-won data. In response to this, statistical analysis techniques have con...
Read article 'German astroparticle physics shows its strength'
Despite strong pressure on the budget for education and research, astroparticle physics in Germany is becoming a strong and autonomous branch of science, as Axel Lindner explains.
Read article 'Spitzer Space Telescope delivers first pictures'
On 18 December 2003 a new window to the universe opened with the release of the first dazzling images from NASA’s newly named Spitzer Space Telescope, formerly known as the Space InfraRed Telesc...
Read article 'MAGIC opens up the gamma-ray sky'
The MAGIC telescope was inaugurated on 10 October on the Canary Island of La Palma.
