Today's selection of need-to-know updates from the world of physics
Read article: Flash Physics: Levenson new deputy head of US telescope body, πΚ atoms at CERN, simulating ‘monster pulsars’
Gerry Gilmore and Floor van Leeuwen explain how the precise data from the Gaia mission will revolutionize our view of the galaxy
Read article: A billion pixels, a billion stars
The Universe Awareness project aims to bring the beauty and grandeur of the cosmos into the classroom for children aged four to 10
Read article: Web life: Universe Awareness
Research could help detect most distant and oldest supernovae in the universe
Read article: Blue is the colour of the universe’s first supernovae
Simulations give a backstory to the first ever detection of a gravitational wave
Read article: How LIGO’s merging black holes formed from two massive stars
Huge storms on the Sun could have disrupted our planet's magnetic shield
Read article: Did solar superflares spark life on Earth?
New evidence confirms multiple supernova explosions took place in the solar system's neighbourhood relatively recently
Read article: Supernova sediments still rain down on Earth and the Moon
Iron-60 deposits in the Earth's crust reveal that supernovae in the relatively recent past may have affected our planet
Read article: Finding the Earth-bound evidence for supernovae in the galactic neighbourhood
Discovery sheds further light on the dying days of stars
Read article: White dwarf with nearly pure oxygen atmosphere surprises astronomers
Discovery helps to explain how elements are made in novae
Read article: Rare-isotope decay links tiny grains to stellar explosions
