Read article: Astronomers tune in to brown dwarf
Astronomers tune in to brown dwarf
Radio signals from a brown dwarf could shed light on these poorly understood objects
Read article: Astronomers tune in to brown dwarf
Solar magnetism attracts an answer
In the March issue of Physics World, Mike Lockwood of Rutherford Appleton Laboratory and Southampton University, UK, and Duncan H Mackay of the University of St Andrews, UK, underline the significance...
Read article: Uranium reveals the age of the universe
Uranium reveals the age of the universe
Uranium in a primitive star shows that the universe is at least 12.5 billion years old
Enraptured by the stars
I remember arguing long and hard with a friend at a campsite in deepest Bavaria about how many stars one can see in the night sky with the unaided human eye. The answer, according to this charming new...
New light on dark clouds
Light from background stars illuminates 'star nurseries'
Read article: The pulsar’s powerhouse
The pulsar’s powerhouse
Pulsars are rotating neutron stars that emit radiation, which is seen from Earth as a series of highly regular pulses. Anomalous x-ray pulsars (AXPs) are not, however, powered like most pulsars. AXPs ...
Descartes prize applauds European cooperation
Dago de Leeuw, a physicist at Philips Research Laboratories in the Netherlands, leads a team of physicists recognized for their pioneering research in plastic electronics. De Leeuw and colleagues from...
Supernova link to gamma-ray bursts
A supernova explosion marks the death of a certain type of star. During the evolution of these stars, nuclear reactions take place at their cores, creating light elements like hydrogen and helium. Hea...
Read article: Astronomers find middleweight black hole
Astronomers find middleweight black hole
The black hole is around 600 light years from the centre of galaxy M82. “This black hole might eventually sink to the centre of the galaxy where it may grow to become a supermassive black hole&#...
Read article: Ulysses probes the solar maximum
Ulysses probes the solar maximum
“Solar activity has been increasing for the past three or four years, and now Ulysses has started observing much more disturbed conditions at increasing solar latitudes,” explains Andre Ba...
