Read article: NASA launches OSIRIS-REx asteroid mission
NASA launches OSIRIS-REx asteroid mission
The $1bn spacecraft aims to return around 60 g of asteroid material
Read article: NASA launches OSIRIS-REx asteroid mission
Read article: A billion pixels, a billion stars
A billion pixels, a billion stars
Gerry Gilmore and Floor van Leeuwen explain how the precise data from the Gaia mission will revolutionize our view of the galaxy
Read article: Flash Physics: Philae lander spotted, Diamond Light Source launches electron-microscopy lab, prizes for cosmology and fusion research
Flash Physics: Philae lander spotted, Diamond Light Source launches electron-microscopy lab, prizes for cosmology and fusion research
Today's selection of need-to-know updates from the world of physics
Read article: Flash Physics: Producing pristine graphene, SpaceX moves sites, UK’s dark skies, mysterious microcrystals
Flash Physics: Producing pristine graphene, SpaceX moves sites, UK’s dark skies, mysterious microcrystals
Today's selection of need-to-know updates from the world of physics
Read article: Tapping into light’s hidden information to push fundamental diffraction limit
Tapping into light’s hidden information to push fundamental diffraction limit
Discovery could boost resolution of space telescopes
Read article: China launches world’s first quantum science satellite
China launches world’s first quantum science satellite
QUESS mission will test the feasibility of quantum communication between ground and space
Read article: X-ray pulsars plot the way for deep-space GPS
X-ray pulsars plot the way for deep-space GPS
New method could be autonomous, increasing the capabilities of future interstellar missions
Read article: Another giant leap
Another giant leap
The story of a group of women who worked at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in the early days of rocketry draws both praise and criticism from Lisa Ruth Rand
Read article: See like a solar system
See like a solar system
Robert P Crease discusses what the science of the solar system teaches us about perception
Read article: Thirty Meter Telescope may not be built in Hawaii, say astronomers
Thirty Meter Telescope may not be built in Hawaii, say astronomers
Officials will decide early next year whether to build the protest-hit telescope at new site
