Telescopes and space missions Research update AMS confirms positron excess Results could be a sign of dark-matter annihilation, but more data are needed Read article: AMS confirms positron excess
Telescopes and space missions Research update Planck reveals ‘almost perfect’ universe Space mission releases first cosmology results Read article: Planck reveals ‘almost perfect’ universe
Structure and dynamics Research update Micro black holes could form at lower-than-expected energies Colliding particles act like gravitational lenses and focus energy to form a single black hole Read article: Micro black holes could form at lower-than-expected energies
Stars and solar physics Opinion and reviews Another side of black holes A book about the links between black holes, galaxy formation and the distribution of matter in the universe, reviewed by Kulvinder Singh Chadha Read article: Another side of black holes
Stars and solar physics Research update Searching for magnetic monopoles in polar rocks Method advantageous for a range of monopole masses and charges Read article: Searching for magnetic monopoles in polar rocks
Cosmology Research update Physicist homes in on universe’s earliest magnetic fields How primordial magnetism arose out of nothing Read article: Physicist homes in on universe’s earliest magnetic fields
Ultracold matter News What’s in store for 2013? Celebrate the turn of the year with our predictions of the key physics events of the next 12 months Read article: What’s in store for 2013?
Philosophy, sociology and religion Opinion and reviews The why and how of it all Two books about why the universe bothers to exist, reviewed by Tim Maudlin Read article: The why and how of it all
Telescopes and space missions Research update Ancient gas sheds light on universe’s first billion years Quasar light probes era when first stars switched on Read article: Ancient gas sheds light on universe’s first billion years
Telescopes and space missions Research update Huge cosmic-ray observatory set for Siberia First prototypes installed for the $46m Hundred Square-km Cosmic Origin Explorer Read article: Huge cosmic-ray observatory set for Siberia
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