Gravity Feature Hunting gravitational waves using pulsars Louise Mayor reports on the search for these ripples in space–time Read article: Hunting gravitational waves using pulsars
Telescopes and space missions Research update BICEP2 gravitational wave result bites the dust thanks to new Planck data Planck and BICEP2 to carry out a joint analysis of data for definitive answer Read article: BICEP2 gravitational wave result bites the dust thanks to new Planck data
Cosmology Research update Gargantuan black hole found at the heart of dwarf galaxy Many previously hidden black holes may lie in compact star systems Read article: Gargantuan black hole found at the heart of dwarf galaxy
Telescopes and space missions Research update Divergent quasars fall in line Diverse properties of cosmic behemoths based on only two parameters Read article: Divergent quasars fall in line
Nuclear physics Research update Big Bang ruled out as origin of lithium-6 Observed over-abundance of key isotope could point to new physics Read article: Big Bang ruled out as origin of lithium-6
Telescopes and space missions Video A SKA for astronomy A video guide to the Square Kilometre Array Read article: A SKA for astronomy
Telescopes and space missions Research update Couple emerges from trio of supermassive black holes Tightly orbiting pair could create detectable gravitational waves Read article: Couple emerges from trio of supermassive black holes
Telescopes and space missions News Germany set to pull out of €2bn radio telescope SKA bosses confident shortfall will be met by other countries Read article: Germany set to pull out of €2bn radio telescope
Telescopes and space missions Research update Exoplanets found orbiting former extragalactic star One of the oldest habitable worlds found to date Read article: Exoplanets found orbiting former extragalactic star
Gravity Research update Have galactic ‘radio loops’ been mistaken for B-mode polarization? Evidence for new foreground-to-BICEP2 measurements found Read article: Have galactic ‘radio loops’ been mistaken for B-mode polarization?