Read article: Living life on ‘Mars’
The quest for clear, dark skies has led astronomers to build telescopes far away from the lights and smog of modern civilization, but what is it like to live and work in such places? Elena ...
Read article: The Galileo affair
Maurice A Finocchiaro discusses the lessons and the cultural repercussions of Galileo’s telescopic discoveries
With the International Year of Astronomy now in full swing, leading figures from the world of astronomy reveal what they think are the biggest challenges for the subject
Read article: Fusion ambassador
From boss of the CERN particle-physics lab to head of the UK’s fusion programme, Chris Llewellyn Smith has held some of the top jobs in physics. He talks to Michael Banks a...
Read article: Web life: The Internet Plasma Physics Education Experience
Explore the physics of fusion through interactive games on a simulated tokamak
Read article: Not wrapped up yet
Is the universe multiply connected? wonders Andrew Jaffe
Read article: How massive stars form
Big stars, like small ones, can form by accretion after all
Read article: Stars born into Milky Way’s violent centre
Protostars prove that stars can form near a supermassive black hole
Read article: Magnetic fields could reveal exoplanets
Astrophysicists propose new way of viewing the heavens
Read article: Let the global astronomy celebrations begin
The International Year of Astronomy marks the 400th anniversary of the first use of an astronomical telescope by Galileo Galilei. As the 2009 celebrations kick off,
