Telescopes and space missions News Reborn carbon mission launches after five-year wait $465m Orbiting Carbon Observatory will map carbon sources and sinks Read article: Reborn carbon mission launches after five-year wait
Telescopes and space missions Research update Couple emerges from trio of supermassive black holes Tightly orbiting pair could create detectable gravitational waves Read article: Couple emerges from trio of supermassive black holes
Telescopes and space missions Research update Dwarf planet could illuminate the dark sector How to test antigravity using Kuiper belt objects Read article: Dwarf planet could illuminate the dark sector
Telescopes and space missions News Germany set to pull out of €2bn radio telescope SKA bosses confident shortfall will be met by other countries Read article: Germany set to pull out of €2bn radio telescope
Planetary science Research update Exoplanets found orbiting former extragalactic star One of the oldest habitable worlds found to date Read article: Exoplanets found orbiting former extragalactic star
Telescopes and space missions News New president appointed at Italian Space Agency Troubled organization to be led by physicist Read article: New president appointed at Italian Space Agency
History Podcasts Keeping a telescopic eye on the Soviets How Jodrell Bank Observatory became entangled in the Space Race Read article: Keeping a telescopic eye on the Soviets
Telescopes and space missions Opinion and reviews All alone in the universe? Jack Lissauer reviews Lee Billings' Five Billion Years of Solitude, a collection of stories about exoplanet science Read article: All alone in the universe?
Telescopes and space missions Opinion and reviews Web life: Mahalo.ne.Trash Astronomer John Johnson shares his thoughts on science, culture and family life in this oddly titled personal blog Read article: Web life: Mahalo.ne.Trash
Telescopes and space missions Blog BICEP2's findings trigger new kind of 'inflation' The many arXiv papers based on BICEP2's data Read article: BICEP2's findings trigger new kind of 'inflation'