Telescopes and space missions Research update NASA probe spots huge plasma ejections Material shoots out over halfway across the Sun's face Read article: NASA probe spots huge plasma ejections
Telescopes and space missions Research update Supermassive black holes reveal a surprising clue Correlation to globular clusters came 'out of thin air' Read article: Supermassive black holes reveal a surprising clue
Telescopes and space missions News Japan launches mission to Venus Akatsuki craft set to measure the climate on our near-neighbour Read article: Japan launches mission to Venus
Telescopes and space missions News NASA’s crumbling research labs could risk future missions Report warns that funding is needed to stem decline Read article: NASA’s crumbling research labs could risk future missions
Telescopes and space missions Research update Herschel sheds light on star and galaxy formation Images from European space telescope reveal billowing clouds and distant galaxies Read article: Herschel sheds light on star and galaxy formation
Telescopes and space missions Video Space-based lasers: the final frontier? The laser at 50: what can you do with a laser in space that you can't do on the ground? Narasimha Prasad sheds some light Read article: Space-based lasers: the final frontier?
Lasers Feature Where next for the laser? Six laser experts recall how the laser has advanced their fields of interest – and speculate where it will take these areas next Read article: Where next for the laser?
Telescopes and space missions Research update Site chosen for European superscope €1bn facility will be built in Cerro Armazones, Chile Read article: Site chosen for European superscope
Telescopes and space missions Research update First stunning images from NASA’s Sun gazer Solar Dynamics Observatory reveals Sun's surface in multicolour Read article: First stunning images from NASA’s Sun gazer
Telescopes and space missions Research update Physicists find a particle accelerator in the sky Radio waves suggest lightning 'sprites' create powerful electron beams Read article: Physicists find a particle accelerator in the sky