Read article 'Gravitational lens sheds light on dark energy'
Observations of radio emission from distant quasars have given new weight to the theory of dark energy – a kind of vacuum energy density that changes the acceleration of the universe. Quasars ar...
Read article 'Cosmic accelerator reveals hot spots'
Radio galaxies are characterized by enormous jets, up to millions of light-years across, shooting out charged particles at up to almost the speed of light. Bright spots of emission are seen at the end...
Read article 'DASI measures CMB polarization'
The Degree Angular Scale Interferometer (DASI) has announced the first measurements of the polarization of cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation.
Read article '2002 Nobel Prize for Physics is announced'
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded this year's Nobel Prize for Physics to three astrophysics pioneers.
Read article 'Gamma-ray facility inaugurated in Namibia'
The first telescope of the high-energy stereoscopic system (HESS), named in honour of Victor Hess, the discoverer of cosmic radiation, was officially inaugurated in Namibia in September.
Read article 'Happy 40th birthday to ESO'
This autumn, the European Southern Observatory (ESO) celebrates its 40th anniversary. As current ESO director Catherine Cesarsky looks back fondly on the last four decades, she remembers “one fu...
Read article 'VLT to help map the universe'
Attempting to measure the evolution of the universe requires a huge sample of objects. Observations of millions of galaxies, looking further and further back in time, are needed to make an enormous 3D...
Read article 'INTEGRAL prepares for lift-off'
The launch of the International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory (INTEGRAL) is scheduled for 17 October.
Read article 'PAMELA set to take particle physics into orbit'
The PAMELA experiment, scheduled to be launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome next year, is set to provide a better understanding of the antimatter component of cosmic rays. Mark Pearce reports.
Read article 'Modern Cosmology'
Juan Garcia-Bellido reviews in 2002 Modern Cosmology.
