Cosmology Research update Quasar spectrum shines a new light on unchanged fundamental constants Results hint at the static nature of the dark-energy field Read article: Quasar spectrum shines a new light on unchanged fundamental constants
Telescopes and space missions Research update Could the Sun be trapping asymmetric dark matter? New model could help settle discrepancies between theory and observational solar data Read article: Could the Sun be trapping asymmetric dark matter?
Telescopes and space missions Research update Dark matter seen in the Milky Way’s core 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
Telescopes and space missions Research update Planck pins down the end of the cosmic ‘dark ages’ Star formation began 100 million years later than previously thought Read article: Planck pins down the end of the cosmic ‘dark ages’
Telescopes and space missions Research update New calculations support dark-matter discovery by DAMA, say physicists Annual signal in detector could be explained by a new interaction Read article: New calculations support dark-matter discovery by DAMA, say physicists
Telescopes and space missions Research update Planck offers another glimpse of the early universe Space mission offers new insights into dark matter and primordial neutrinos, but evidence for inflation is not forthcoming Read article: Planck offers another glimpse of the early universe
Telescopes and space missions Research update Is dark energy eating dark matter? Dark-sector interaction could explain universe evolution Read article: Is dark energy eating dark matter?
Telescopes and space missions Research update Upgrade set for dark-matter detector XENON1T will begin taking data next year Read article: Upgrade set for dark-matter detector
Nuclear physics Research update Dark matter could light up giant mirror Low-cost detector is designed to glimpse 'hidden photons' Read article: Dark matter could light up giant mirror
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