Planetary science Video How can we find life on distant planets? Sara Seager describes some of the signatures of life Read article: How can we find life on distant planets?
Telescopes and space missions Opinion and reviews Web life: Astrobites A blog where astronomy PhD students write bite-sized summaries of recent astronomy papers for undergraduates Read article: Web life: Astrobites
Telescopes and space missions News European superscope reveals its three ‘first-light’ instruments Agreements signed for E-ELT's phase 1 instruments with the UK, France, Germany and other European states Read article: European superscope reveals its three ‘first-light’ instruments
Telescopes and space missions Research update NASA finds Pluto steeped in flowing glaciers and kilometre-high mountains Dwarf planet is colourful and rich in active geology Read article: NASA finds Pluto steeped in flowing glaciers and kilometre-high mountains
Telescopes and space missions Opinion and reviews Web life: Cosmic Yarns A cosmologist blogs about science fiction and the scientific questions it raises Read article: Web life: Cosmic Yarns
Telescopes and space missions Research update Solar wind casts a reddish hue over rocky objects Ion-accelerator experiment could explain why many asteroids are dark red Read article: Solar wind casts a reddish hue over rocky objects
Telescopes and space missions Opinion and reviews Unique, but not exceptional A book that characterizes life on Earth as "special but not significant" gets Tamara Davis thinking about the interconnectedness of the cosmos Read article: Unique, but not exceptional
Renewables Opinion and reviews Web life: EGU Network blogs A collection of geology, geophysics and earth science blogs written by (mostly) European geoscientists Read article: Web life: EGU Network blogs
Renewables Research update Physicists isolate neutrinos from Earth’s mantle for first time Italy's Borexino detector provides further insights into radioactive heating of the Earth Read article: Physicists isolate neutrinos from Earth’s mantle for first time
Vacuum and cryogenics Research update Tiny particles dance around each other in near-zero gravity $20,000 camera is dropped 3 m to understand how planets are formed Read article: Tiny particles dance around each other in near-zero gravity