Gravity Research update ‘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: Stellar link helps black holes weigh in Telescopes and space missions Research update Stellar link helps black holes weigh in Discovery allows astronomers to ‘weigh’ black holes from a snapshot of their host galaxies
Read article: Fresh light shed on black holes Telescopes and space missions Research update Fresh light shed on black holes Glowing gas around a black hole gives astronomers new insights
Read article: Rave review for Hawking’s new book Quantum mechanics Research update Rave review for Hawking’s new book The Universe in a Nutshell is 'a delight to read'
Quantum mechanics Research update Quantum Hall effect gets new dimensions 4D version of 2D effect could give clue to quantum gravity
Read article: Dynamo effect forces energy from black holes Stars and solar physics Research update Dynamo effect forces energy from black holes Magnetic fields could make black holes spill energy into surrounding gas and dust
Read article: Six of the best for gravitational lens Telescopes and space missions Research update Six of the best for gravitational lens A distant galaxy is imaged six times by the strong gravity of a galactic cluster
Read article: Mars-sized object probably created the Moon Planetary science Research update Mars-sized object probably created the Moon A planetary projectile could explain the features of the modern Earth and Moon
Read article: Helping ‘big G’ get back on track Gravity Research update Helping ‘big G’ get back on track New measurements suggest that the gravitational constant is too small
Gravity Research update Relativity passes the pulsar test A nearby pulsar permits the first observation of a key prediction of Einstein's theory
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