Read article: New technique makes directional measurements of low-energy solar neutrinos
Combining scintillation and Cherenkov detectors could shed light on fusion in the Sun
Read article: Closest black hole is really a vampire star, augmented reality comes to prescription eyeglasses
We chat about curved waveguide technology and a mysterious stellar system
Read article: Whistler waves disappear close to the Sun
New analyses could shed more light on the physics of the solar wind
Read article: Liquid metal experiment sheds light on solar corona conundrum
Why is the Sun’s outer atmosphere so much hotter than its surface?
Read article: Astronomers watch the death of a red supergiant in real time
Images of the dramatic end to a red supergiant’s life could transform our understanding of how massive stars spend their last few months and days
Read article: Magnetic propeller star flings plasma into the cosmos
White dwarf breaks rotation speed record
Read article: Did the solar wind create Earth’s water?
Analysis of an ancient asteroid suggests that Earth may have received a large amount of its water from extraterrestrial dust grains interacting with the solar wind
Read article: Life beyond the Nobel: Russell Hulse’s path from binary pulsar discoverer to plasma physicist
Margaret Harris examines the circumstances that shaped the career of 1993 physics Nobel laureate Russell Hulse
Read article: Composition of gases in the Milky Way appears surprisingly patchy
Do clouds of in-falling gas lead to greater than expected inhomogeneity in the interstellar composition of our galaxy?
Read article: The enduring mystery of the solar corona
The Sun’s magnetic fields make its corona much hotter than the surface of the star. But how and why is still a mystery, as Philip G Judge explains
