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Jun 1, 2012

Free to view: a special focus issue of Physics World examining some of the latest advances in nanotechnology

In depth: Astronomy, astrophysics & cosmology

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May 16, 2013 Review

NASA's Trajectory Browser site lets you plan your own mission to a planet or asteroid

Sounding out the Sun

May 14, 2013 Review

Introducing a new work of art called a solar wind chime

Life among the MERtians

Apr 25, 2013 Review

What's it like to work on Mars? Stephen J Pyne reviews an anthropologist's account of the team behind the Mars Exploration Rovers

Thinking big about the future

Feb 28, 2013 Opinion

Kirstin Matthews and Padraig Moloney argue for more basic science spending

Another side of black holes

Feb 21, 2013 2 comments Review

A book about the links between black holes, galaxy formation and the distribution of matter in the universe, reviewed by Kulvinder Singh Chadha

Between the lines

Feb 14, 2013 Review

Books about back-of-the-envelope calculations, cosmology and water waves, reviewed by Matin Durrani and Tushna Commissariat

The secret of life

Feb 7, 2013 4 comments Feature

David Jenkins and Oliver Kirsebom explore the mysterious nuclear energy level of carbon-12 that made life possible

A fusion of minds

Jan 31, 2013 Feature

Richard Corfield examines the mystery of the astronomer Sir Bernard Lovell's visit to the Soviet Union in 1963

Cool dust and baby stars

Jan 3, 2013 2 comments Feature

Steve Eales revels in the new view of the universe provided by the Herschel Space Observatory

The why and how of it all

Dec 6, 2012 11 comments Review

Two books about why the universe bothers to exist, reviewed by Tim Maudlin

Voyager – a mission for life

Dec 6, 2012 Feature

Mark Williamson asks what keeps scientists motivated in the 35-year-old Voyager mission

My life on Mars

Oct 2, 2012 3 comments Feature

Ashley Dale recounts his experiences during a two-week stint at the Mars Desert Research Station, a facility in the Utah desert

Web life

Aug 23, 2012 1 comment Review

Space insider Wayne Hale blogs with the aim of "starting a conversation about space exploration"

Transit watching

Aug 16, 2012 1 comment Opinion

Robert P Crease unveils a key finding from this year's transit of Venus

100 years of cosmic rays

Aug 1, 2012 3 comments Feature

A century on from the discovery of cosmic rays, Alan Watson examines the remaining mysteries