Skip to the content

Astronomy, astrophysics & cosmology

For the latest news, features and products in astronomy, astrophysics & cosmology

News

Japanese cosmology centre secures long-term future

Feb 10, 2012 1 comment

Tokyo institute receives $7.5m endowment from US-based Kavli Foundation

Neutrinos point to rare stellar fusion

Feb 9, 2012 2 comments

Borexino catches the first glimpse of pep reaction

Theoretical-physics hub opens in South America

Feb 7, 2012 5 comments

South American Institute for Fundamental Research set to tackle subjects ranging from mathematical biology to cosmology

Cool sun could host habitable planet

Feb 3, 2012 2 comments

New super-Earth detected within the habitable zone of a cool star

In depth

Fermilab's next frontier

Feb 1, 2012 2 comments

Margaret Harris learns about Fermilab's plans for the post-Tevatron era

Between the lines

Jan 26, 2012

A new biography of Stephen Hawking and a history of radioactivity, reviewed by Margaret Harris

Voyagers of discovery

Jan 19, 2012 1 comment

John Zarnecki reviews Stephen Pyne’s Voyager: Seeking New Worlds in the Third Great Age of Discovery

Ad astra! To the stars!

Jan 12, 2012 6 comments

Sidney Perkowitz explores how we might achieve interstellar travel