Telescopes and space missions Research update Evidence for recent star formation seen at Milky Way’s centre Region near our galaxy's supermassive black hole was thought to be too hostile for stars to form Read article: Evidence for recent star formation seen at Milky Way’s centre
Telescopes and space missions Research update Gravitational lensing creates ‘Einstein’s cross’ of distant supernova Four images of a supernova could probe general relativity and rate of cosmic expansion Read article: Gravitational lensing creates ‘Einstein’s cross’ of distant supernova
Cosmology Research update Quasar spectrum shines a new light on unchanged fundamental constants Results hint at the static nature of the dark-energy field Read article: Quasar spectrum shines a new light on unchanged fundamental constants
Telescopes and space missions Research update Could the Sun be trapping asymmetric dark matter? New model could help settle discrepancies between theory and observational solar data Read article: Could the Sun be trapping asymmetric dark matter?
Telescopes and space missions Research update ‘Golden stars’ pulsate in a strange, non-chaotic way Discovery could shed light on the physics that drives stellar oscillations Read article: ‘Golden stars’ pulsate in a strange, non-chaotic way
Telescopes and space missions Research update Dark matter seen in the Milky Way’s core Astronomers provide the first direct evidence that dark matter abounds in the inner part of our galaxy Read article: Dark matter seen in the Milky Way’s core
Telescopes and space missions Research update Planck pins down the end of the cosmic ‘dark ages’ Star formation began 100 million years later than previously thought Read article: Planck pins down the end of the cosmic ‘dark ages’
Telescopes and space missions Research update Galactic dust sounds death knell for BICEP2 gravitational wave claim Joint analysis of Planck, BICEP2 and Keck data finds no cosmological B-mode signal Read article: Galactic dust sounds death knell for BICEP2 gravitational wave claim
Telescopes and space missions Research update Nailing the half-life of iron-60 New measurements tune up million-year "astronomical clock" Read article: Nailing the half-life of iron-60
Telescopes and space missions Research update Rosetta data deluge reveals dynamic comet with sand dunes and jets Measurements show 67P differs from previously studied comets in same class Read article: Rosetta data deluge reveals dynamic comet with sand dunes and jets