A coating made from SiO2:HfO2 may help improve the sensitivity of gravitational wave detectors by a factor of 100 at low frequencies
Read article: Noise-reducing coating helps gravitational wave detection
Giant telescope wins a formal "notice to proceed" but protesters warn they will not back down
Read article: Protest-hit Thirty Meter Telescope receives construction go-ahead in Hawaii
Marric Stephens explains how an update to a mission to monitor fresh water is also helping with plans for a space-based gravitational-wave detector
Read article: Weighing water from space
A space-based imaging system could deliver a five-fold improvement in resolution over the Event Horizon Telescope
Read article: Astronomers eye-up an orbiting array for imaging Milky Way’s supermassive black hole
Physics World journalists report from Vienna, Colorado and Bristol
Read article: Radioactive glaciers, Mars methane mystery, and more on the black-hole images
A new study shows that curved detectors offer a viable alternative for future space missions
Read article: Curved camera chips may be the next leap in astronomical imaging
Hayabusa2 is scheduled to touch down on the asteroid Ryugu at 8 a.m. Japan time on 22 February 2019
Read article: Japanese spacecraft set to attempt asteroid sample grab
Louisa Preston reviews Chasing New Horizons: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto by Alan Stern and David Grinspoon
Read article: Pathway to Pluto
Mission is first to explore dramatic lunar landscape not visible from Earth
Read article: China’s Chang’e-4 spacecraft makes historic landing on far side of the Moon
Tushna Commissariat reviews the film First Man, directed by Damien Chazelle
Read article: The first step
