Telescopes and space missions Research update Rosetta’s bouncing probe finds no magnetic field on comet 67P Null result suggests early solar system lacked strong magnetic fields Read article: Rosetta’s bouncing probe finds no magnetic field on comet 67P
Policy and funding News Geoengineering schemes to combat climate change still risky, say reports Panel suggests small-scale experiments for now Read article: Geoengineering schemes to combat climate change still risky, say reports
Imaging Research update Geophysicists blast their way to the bottom of tectonic plates Seismic-imaging method takes best 'picture' yet of slippery zone beneath plates Read article: Geophysicists blast their way to the bottom of tectonic plates
Ethics Feature One step from Earth Richard Corfield reports on plans to mine the Moon Read article: One step from Earth
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
Philosophy, sociology and religion Opinion and reviews Nature’s unknown unknowns Seismologist Seth Stein is pleasantly surprised to find an introductory book on geophysical hazards that doesn't oversimplify this complex topic Read article: Nature’s unknown unknowns
Superconductivity Research update Magnetic levitation spins up waxy ‘tektites’ in the lab Natural glass formed in extraterrestrial impacts recreated using wax Read article: Magnetic levitation spins up waxy ‘tektites’ in the lab
Transport properties Podcasts Book of the Year 2014 Which book received the highest honours in our list of the year's best popular-physics titles? Read article: Book of the Year 2014
Telescopes and space missions Research update Rosetta mission outlines Philae lander’s predicaments Scientists race against time to complete key missions and bring lander out of the shadows Read article: Rosetta mission outlines Philae lander’s predicaments
Telescopes and space missions Research update Rosetta scientists land probe on comet for first time European Space Agency's 'Philae' module touches down safely onto comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko Read article: Rosetta scientists land probe on comet for first time