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In depth: Astronomy, astrophysics & cosmology
The eerie silence
Mar 2, 2010 12 comments Feature
Paul Davies calls for the search for extraterrestrials to be relaunched
Law and the end of the world
Feb 2, 2010 12 comments Feature
Edwin Cartlidge examines the case of a US lawyer who believes that the courts must step in if required to halt experiments like the Large Hadron Collider
Between the lines
Feb 2, 2010 3 comments Review
Space elevators, the Tunguska mystery and how to understand physics through the everyday
Priority battles
Jan 5, 2010 12 comments Opinion
A dozen years after it was found, the priority dispute over who discovered dark energy lingers on, says Robert P Crease
Between the lines
Jan 5, 2010 Review
The other Oppenheimer, cooking for astronauts and the "amazing" Grace Hopper
Web life: Galaxy Zoo Mergers
Jan 5, 2010 Review
Galaxy Zoo 2 – the latest incarnation of the mass-participation galaxy hunt
Pakistani astronomers shine a light on the skies
Dec 14, 2009 9 comments Feature
Saadat A Siddiqi and Muhammad Sabieh Anwar describe how a series of astronomy events in Pakistan over the past year could help to boost the public's interest in the subject
Not crazy enough
Dec 1, 2009 4 comments Review
Peter Knight passes verdict on the first 10 years of Canada's Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
The trials of Galileo
Dec 1, 2009 8 comments Review
Owen Gingerich recounts Galileo's famous court hearings of 1632
Between the lines
Dec 1, 2009 Review
A round-up of the best books to put on your Christmas shopping list – or for someone else to buy for you
Recipes for planet formation
Nov 2, 2009 2 comments Feature
Michael R Meyer describes how studies of extrasolar planets are helping us to understand how planetary systems form and evolve
Human spaceflight: science or spectacle?
Nov 2, 2009 2 comments Opinion
The big debate: David Clements and Ian Crawford spar over whether human spaceflight is worth the effort
Prince of darkness
Oct 13, 2009 5 comments Feature
Nuclear astrophysicist Alex Murphy shares his views on the nature of dark matter and gets excited over the forthcoming restart of the ZEPLIN III detector
Of gluons, atoms and strings
Sep 1, 2009 Feature
An unusual alliance between physicists who study ultrahot plasmas and ultracold atoms is yielding intriguing results – and may even lead to an experimental test for string theory, as Barbara Jacak reveals
Voyager heads for interstellar space
Aug 25, 2009 1 comment Feature
Richard Corfield celebrates the 20 year anniversary since NASA's Voyager mission left the solar system and began the second leg of its epic journey — an exploration of interstellar space