KATHMANDU, March 20 — The American Physical Society’s (APS) Global Physics Summit wrapped up in Nepal on Thursday, bringing together scientists, researchers and policymakers to discuss advances in physics and their role in addressing global…
Earth’s first mission to a binary asteroid, for…
Planning for humankind’s first mission to a binary asteroid system has entered its next engineering phase. ESA’s proposed Hera mission would also be Europe’s contribution to an ambitious planetary defence experiment. Named for the Greek…
Carving the cosmos: Star circling bubble of gas
This turbulent celestial palette of purple and yellow shows a bubble of gas named NGC 3199, blown by a star known as WR18 (Wolf-Rayet 18). Wolf-Rayet stars are massive, powerful, and energetic stars that are…
Hubble proves Einstein correct on galactic scales
[caption id="attachment_15307" align="alignnone" width="600"] An image of the nearby galaxy ESO 325-G004, created using data collected by the NASA/ESA [/caption] An international team of astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and the European Southern Observatory's…
Filipino and Indian students win CERN Beamline for…
Geneva,-- High-school students from the International School of Manila, Philippines, and R.N. Podar School in Mumbai, India, arethe winners of the 2018 Beamline for Schools competition. In September, they will carry out their proposed experiments at CERN together with professional…