Four images of a supernova could probe general relativity and rate of cosmic expansion
Read article: Gravitational lensing creates ‘Einstein’s cross’ of distant supernova
Tasneem Zehra Husain’s imaginative physics-history novel Only the Longest Threads and Peter Adey’s ramble through Air: Nature and Culture, reviewed by Margaret Harris
Read article: Between the lines
Results hint at the static nature of the dark-energy field
Read article: Quasar spectrum shines a new light on unchanged fundamental constants
New model could help settle discrepancies between theory and observational solar data
Read article: Could the Sun be trapping asymmetric dark matter?
Hollywood astrophysics and the perplexing case of a flickering black hole
Read article: Decoding the dark arts of Interstellar’s black hole
Astronomers provide the first direct evidence that dark matter abounds in the inner part of our galaxy
Read article: Dark matter seen in the Milky Way’s core
Star formation began 100 million years later than previously thought
Read article: Planck pins down the end of the cosmic ‘dark ages’
Joint analysis of Planck, BICEP2 and Keck data finds no cosmological B-mode signal
Read article: Galactic dust sounds death knell for BICEP2 gravitational wave claim
Chris Lintott discusses the evolving nature of citizen science
Read article: The ever-expanding Zooniverse
Find out more about the key physics events of the coming year – and those we predict might happen
Read article: The world of physics in 2015
