Telescopes and space missions Research update Fermi pins down a colossal accelerator Blazar light is created light-years away from supermassive black hole Read article: Fermi pins down a colossal accelerator
Philosophy, sociology and religion Feature Law and the end of the world 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 Read article: Law and the end of the world
Stars and solar physics Research update Supernovae put dark matter in the right place Simulation reconciles cold dark matter and galaxy formation Read article: Supernovae put dark matter in the right place
Telescopes and space missions Research update Pulsar bursts move ‘faster than light’ Anomalous dispersion seen for the first time in space Read article: Pulsar bursts move ‘faster than light’
Policy and funding Opinion and reviews Priority battles A dozen years after it was found, the priority dispute over who discovered dark energy lingers on, says Robert P Crease Read article: Priority battles
Education and outreach Opinion and reviews Web life: Galaxy Zoo Mergers Galaxy Zoo 2 – the latest incarnation of the mass-participation galaxy hunt Read article: Web life: Galaxy Zoo Mergers
Dark matter and energy Research update Higgs could reveal itself in dark-matter collisions Searching for the Higgs? Forget the LHC and look to space Read article: Higgs could reveal itself in dark-matter collisions
Telescopes and space missions Research update Are quasars star-making machines? Supermassive black holes might help, and hinder, the star-making process Read article: Are quasars star-making machines?
Transport properties Opinion and reviews Not crazy enough Peter Knight passes verdict on the first 10 years of Canada's Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics Read article: Not crazy enough
Mathematical physics Research update String theorist takes over from Hawking Michael Green unveiled as Cambridge University's next Lucasian Professor of Mathematics Read article: String theorist takes over from Hawking