Read article: NASA must fund major exoplanet mission top US scientists say
NASA must fund major exoplanet mission top US scientists say
Craft would aim to directly image Earth-like planets around stars similar to our Sun
Read article: NASA must fund major exoplanet mission top US scientists say
Read article: China unveils blueprint for huge underground ‘Higgs factory’
China unveils blueprint for huge underground ‘Higgs factory’
Conceptual design report calls for a 100 km circular collider to study the Higgs boson in unprecedented detail
Read article: Jocelyn Bell Burnell to support diversity in physics with $3m winnings from major prize
Jocelyn Bell Burnell to support diversity in physics with $3m winnings from major prize
New fund will be set up to support women and people from ethnic minorities
Read article: NASA’s next-generation asteroid telescope set for South Africa
NASA’s next-generation asteroid telescope set for South Africa
Asteroid Terrestrial-Impact Last Alert System to expand to the southern hemisphere
Read article: Green light for South African radio telescope
Green light for South African radio telescope
The Hydrogen Intensity and Real Time Analysis Experiment will study dark energy and fast radio bursts when fully operational in 2020
Read article: Call made for Germany’s Helmholtz Association to boost diversity
Call made for Germany’s Helmholtz Association to boost diversity
An evaluation of the association’s 18 research centres has found that only 19% of full professorships are held by women
Read article: NASA launches Parker Solar Probe mission to ‘touch’ the Sun
NASA launches Parker Solar Probe mission to ‘touch’ the Sun
Craft will fly seven times closer to the Sun’s surface than any previous mission
Read article: NASA must reassess its Mars programme – or future missions could fail, report warns
NASA must reassess its Mars programme – or future missions could fail, report warns
US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine says that the loss of ageing infrastructure orbiting Mars could threaten future missions
Read article: Action to tackle climate change splits US voters along party lines
Action to tackle climate change splits US voters along party lines
Both Republican and Democrats agree that tackling carbon-dioxide emissions would reduce climate change but disagree over how to do it
Read article: India cracks down on ‘predatory publishers’ following international investigation
India cracks down on ‘predatory publishers’ following international investigation
Action taken after number of journals run by such publishers triples since 2013
