Astrophysics

The Pierre Auger Observatory shares 10% of data

Symmetry Magazine: In Argentina, far to the west of Buenos Aires, sits the world’s largest cosmic-ray detector: the Pierre Auger Observatory. It’s made up of an array of 1600 detector stations, each spaced about a mile apart. From the mountains that…

This is the first image taken by NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover

Technology Review: NASA’s Perseverance rover has landed safely on Mars. The spacecraft survived its journey through the Martian atmosphere and made a soft touchdown at Jezero crater. Shortly after landing, it sent back this picture from the surface using its Hazard…

There’s a tantalizing sign of a habitable-zone planet in Alpha Centauri

Technology Review: An international team of astronomers has found signs that a habitable planet may be lurking in Alpha Centauri, a binary star system a mere 4.37 light-years away. It…

Advanced CMOS detectors enable next-generation astronomy

Physics World: Ground-based astronomy remains at the forefront of our quest to understand more about the cosmos. While many celestial bodies in the night sky can be seen at visible wavelengths, the signal often becomes very faint by the time it…