Read article 'New class of gamma-ray sources is discovered'
The discovery of mysterious gamma-ray bursters in the late 1960s opened up a new chapter in astronomy. Now gamma-ray astronomy has taken another surprising turn.
Read article 'Gemini mirror goes on the road'
Particle physicists are familiar with the trials of moving large, unwieldy pieces of equipment on epic voyages around the globe. They are not alone. The 24 ton, 8.1 m mirror of the Gemini South telesc...
Read article 'Free-floating planets prove too light for dark matter'
The most sensitive search ever undertaken for small substellar objects has revealed 13 free-floating planets and more than 100 young brown dwarf stars in an active star-forming region of the Orion Neb...
Read article 'Not enough stellar mass objects to fill the galactic halo?'
The universe contains a lot more than meets the eye. Sophisticated experiments search diligently for this invisible dark matter. Here Alain Milsztajn of Saclay describes the latest results to emerg...
Read article 'Particle Astrophysics'
This is a revised and updated edition, in paperback, of a book that, when it first appeared a few years ago (Bookshelf, Summer 1998), merited the comment "more than just a graduate level textbook......
Read article 'NASA to work with Stanford for major astrophysics project'
In a move that underlines the growing requirement for sophisticated hardware for precision physics experiments in space, NASA has announced an award to Stanford University for the development of the...
Read article 'XMM Newton reveals first images'
The first images have been captured using the new X-ray Multi-Mirror (XMM) space telescope, now called the Newton observatory. The telescope was successfully launched last December (CERN CourierJanuar...
Read article 'Workshop stresses potential of space technology'
April sees a joint workshop on fundamental physics in space held at CERN and organized jointly by CERN and the European Space Agency (ESA).
Read article 'Pollution threatens observations'
Two months from now the International Telecommunications Union will hold its World Radio Conference in Turkey. Radio astronomers are hoping for new regulations to curb emission from satellites that ar...
Read article 'Boomerang results suggest ‘flat’ universe'
New results from a test flight of the Boomerang balloon experiment imply that there is just enough matter to stop the expansion of the universe, but not to reverse it.
