The precursors to the world’s most sensitive radio telescope are already changing our view of the cosmos
Read article: Thirty years of the Square Kilometre Array: here’s what the world’s largest radio telescope project has achieved so far
New analyses advance understanding of complex dynamic processes governing black holes
Read article: Black hole’s shadow changes from one year to the next
Study challenges long-standing belief that OPV devices systematically degrade when irradiated
Read article: Organic photovoltaic solar cells could withstand harsh space environments
Lunar time standard would avoid pitfalls of time dilation
Read article: Atomic clocks on the Moon could create ‘lunar positioning system’
Theories of the early universe may have to be revised following new analyses of data from the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment
Read article: Primordial black holes contain very little dark matter, say astronomers
Astrophysicists Duncan Lorimer and Maura McLaughlin talk to Sidney Perkowitz about navigating science and academia as a married couple
Read article: From pulsars and fast radio bursts to gravitational waves and beyond: a family quest for Maura McLaughlin and Duncan Lorimer
Measuring the free-fall rate of different type of atoms in space could unveil hidden mechanisms of gravity
Read article: Space-borne atoms herald new tests of Einstein’s equivalence principle
Emma Chapman on the amateur roots of radio astronomy, and the importance of balancing the scientific and engineering factions today
Read article: Radio astronomy: from amateur roots to worldwide groups
First devised during the Space Race, the idea of nuclear-propelled rockets is back
Read article: Nuclear spaceflight: igniting the next era of exploration
Richard Corfield examines whether nuclear power could launch NASA’s next generation of rockets into space
Read article: Nuclear-powered spacecraft: why dreams of atomic rockets are back on
