Astronomers detect “missing” baryons
Astrophysicists may have found the missing visible matter in our galaxy
Evidence for dark energy gets stronger
Astronomers produce new evidence using gravitational lenses
Read article: Cyclic universe bounces back
Cyclic universe bounces back
The universe could undergo an endless series of big bangs and cosmic crunches
New experiment to probe neutrino mass
Observations of a rare kind of beta decay could shed light on dark matter
‘Microlens’ could bring dark matter into focus
A nearby white dwarf behaving as a lens could help to explain the nature of dark matter
Read article: First sighting of dark matter
First sighting of dark matter
Super-faint embers of stars could account for 'missing matter'
Read article: 11 key questions about the universe
11 key questions about the universe
US experts identify the hottest topics in particle physics and astronomy
Read article: Shadow cast on dark matter
Shadow cast on dark matter
During the rapid expansion of the universe after the big bang, the ‘outward’ kinetic energy of the explosion fought against the ‘inward’ gravitational pull of matter. The evolu...
Sandage and Peebles win cosmology prize
Sandage is best known for his efforts to pin down the values of the Hubble constant, the age of the Universe and its deceleration parameter through observations. Peebles is a theoretical cosmologist w...
Read article: Dark-matter dispute intensifies
Dark-matter dispute intensifies
The controversy surrounding evidence for the discovery of “dark matter” particles has heated up following two conflicting talks given at a conference at the end of February. The papers wer...
