03/07/14 Nature News Did dark matter kill the dinosaurs? The Solar System's periodic passage through a 'dark disk' on the galactic plane could trigger comet bombardments that would cause mass extinctions.
03/07/14 Physics Neutrinos are brighter at night The solar neutrino signal from a Japanese detector is slightly stronger at night because neutrinos traveling through the Earth behave differently than those that reach us directly from the Sun.
03/06/14 Los Angeles Times Original 'Cosmos' series to air before new 'Cosmos' debuts But before viewers settle in for the new "Cosmos" series, they can revisit Carl Sagan and his original 1980 series "Cosmos: A Personal Voyage."
03/06/14 NPR The scientist who makes stars on Earth Astrophysicists at Sandia National Lab recreate the conditions on a white dwarf star—only for a few nanoseconds, but still, enough to study.
Recognizing Rosemary Fowler 11/05/24 Pruthvi Mehta A physicist reflects on learning about a hidden figure whose research helped inspire her own.
