Read article 'Meeting heralds global GW detector network'
As the curtain is being raised on today's generation of gravitational wave (GW) detectors, the individual project teams met to consider future detectors and the goal of running the global ensemble of ...
Read article 'VLT discovers early galactic cluster'
How the first groups of galaxies formed is one of the biggest mysteries in modern cosmology. Now another piece of the puzzle has been identified by the Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile, with the di...
Read article 'New study takes a dim view of quasars'
Some of the universe’s most luminous objects might not be as bright as they seem. A recent study suggests that around a third of high-redshift quasars may have their emission magnified by a fact...
Read article 'Cosmic-ray apparatus images Moon’s shadow'
A dedicated cosmic-ray experiment making use of the muon identification system of CERN's L3 experiment collected cosmic ray muons between April 1999 until L3 finished taking data in 2000.
Read article 'Europe coordinates astroparticle research'
European astroparticle physics received a boost last year with the formation of the Astroparticle Physics European Coordination (APPEC), established in an agreement signed by funding agencies from Fra...
Read article 'Cosmic Background Imager confirms flat universe observations'
The first results from the Cosmic Background Imager (CBI) were released in May. Observations of the microwave background are the closest astronomers can get to the Big Bang, and fluctuations in this r...
Read article 'Cosmic-ray observations need accelerator data'
Some 50 people attended the NEEDS workshop in Karlsruhe in April to discuss how accelerator experiments can help in understanding cosmic-ray data. The meeting brought together experimentalists and the...
Read article 'Cosmic-ray particles could give information about neutrino mass'
Cosmic-ray particles with the highest energies could give us clues about the mass of the relic particles from the Big Bang with the lowest energies - neutrinos - according to recent research.
Read article 'Remnants reveal origins of cosmic rays'
In the 90 years since the discovery of cosmic rays, there have been many theories about their origin, but little experimental evidence for actual sources.
Read article 'Debate sparked on quark stars'
Recent observations of two neutron stars have led to the announcement that a new form of matter might have been found. Astronomers using NASA’s Chandra X-ray observatory claim that one of the st...
