Fastest supercomputer overtaken by Roadrunner
US machine will be used initially to model cosmology, astrophysics and the climate
Read article: Phoenix reveals Martian permafrost
Phoenix reveals Martian permafrost
NASA spacecraft touches down on the red planet after nine-month journey
Gravity Probe B comes last in NASA review
Panel recommendation is to cut funding of mission by September
Read article: Auroral light is polarized after all
Auroral light is polarized after all
New measurements of the Northern Lights overturn 50 years of conventional wisdom
Read article: John Wheeler: 1911-2008
John Wheeler: 1911-2008
Giant of physics who gave black holes their name dies at 96
Astronomers pinpoint source of slow solar wind
Colliding magnetic fields believed to eject particles from the Sun
Read article: Lab architecture
Lab architecture
Robert P Crease looks at good and bad examples of lab design: do you agree with his choices?
Read article: NASA science director quits
NASA science director quits
Alan Stern gives no reason for leaving role
Read article: Alpha Centauri might harbour an ‘Earth’
Alpha Centauri might harbour an ‘Earth’
Astronomers set to begin five-year search
Read article: Doubt cast on liquid water on Mars
Doubt cast on liquid water on Mars
2006 images were probably of a small landslide, say researchers
