11/22/13 Nature News Mexican observatory pushes the limits of gamma-ray astronomy Water tanks at 4100 meters altitude detect high-energy bursts coming from supernova explosions and other cosmic events.
11/21/13 Cosmic explosion calls theory into question Observations of a rare cosmic explosion challenge scientists’ theoretical understanding of how gamma-ray bursts work.
11/21/13 NPR 'Ghost particles' in Antarctica offer glimpse of deep space A telescope buried deep beneath the ice of Antarctica has, for the first time, seen a signal from distant, violent events.
11/18/13 BBC News How close are we to finding dark matter? Physicist Jim Al-Khalili ponders how close we are to understanding the mysterious "dark stuff."
A first-person view of physics history 10/15/24 Michael Riordan has spent decades ruminating on the history of physics, including events he participated in himself.