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Lab Experiment Helps Explain Origin of Jupiter's Great Red Spot

Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics researchers feature strongly as contributors to the first edition of the new series of the BBC's Sky at Night programme on BBC4 presented by Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock and Oxford Astrophysics's Chris Lintott.

12 Feb 2014

Saturn Puts on a Dancing Light Show

NASA trained several pairs of eyes on Saturn as the planet put on a dancing light show at its poles. While NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, orbiting around Earth, was able to observe the northern auroras in ultraviolet wavelengths, NASA's Cassini spacecraft, orbiting around Saturn, got complementary close-up views in infrared, visible-light and ultraviolet wavelengths. Cassini could also see northern and southern parts of Saturn that don't face Earth.

12 Feb 2014

University of Liverpool Celebrates Particle Physics with Exhibition at Victoria Gallery & Museum

An exhibition celebrating University of Liverpool’s 120 years of particle physics has opened at the Victoria Gallery & Museum.

12 Feb 2014

Scientists in NOvA Experiment View Their First Neutrinos

Scientists on the world’s longest-distance neutrino experiment announced today that they have seen their first neutrinos.

12 Feb 2014

Novel Method to Measure Emission of Electron Pairs

Shoot a beam of light or particles at certain special materials and you will liberate electrons -- pairs of them -- a phenomenon known as "electron pair emission, " which can reveal fundamental properties of the solid and reveal information necessary to design novel materials for future applications.

12 Feb 2014

Researchers Accurately Measure Mass of Neutrinos for First Time

Scientists have solved a major problem with the current standard model of cosmology identified by combining results from the Planck spacecraft and measurements of gravitational lensing in order to deduce the mass of ghostly sub-atomic particles called neutrinos.

11 Feb 2014

Discovery of Oldest Known Star Provides New Insights into Early Universe

A team led by astronomers at The Australian National University has discovered the oldest known star in the Universe, which formed shortly after the Big Bang 13.7 billion years ago.

11 Feb 2014

Study Results Provide New Insights into Formation of First-Generation Stars

As the Big Bang’s name suggests, the universe burst into formation from an immense explosion, creating a vast soup of particles. Gigantic clouds of primordial soup, made mainly of hydrogen and helium, eventually...

10 Feb 2014

Six New Kinds of Topological Insulators May Exist

Topological insulators — materials whose surfaces can freely conduct electrons even though their interiors are electrical insulators — have been of great interest to physicists in recent years because of unusual properties that may provide insights into quantum physics. But most analysis of such materials has had to rely on highly simplified models.

7 Feb 2014

National Space Club Recognizes Kepler Space Telescope Mission for Revolutionizing Exoplanet Science

NASA's Kepler space telescope mission will be honored with the National Space Club's preeminent award, the Robert H. Goddard Memorial Trophy, in March.

7 Feb 2014