The slow death of red galaxies

by Andrea Cattaneo from Nature 521, 164–165 (14 May 2015) doi:10.1038/521164a For most galaxies, the shutdown of star formation was a slow process that took 4 billion years. An analysis […]

Many flavours of supernova

from Nature 520, 411 (23 April 2015) doi:10.1038/520411d Exploding stars grouped in one family because of their similarities actually form two distinct groups. This may have important cosmic implications because […]

Hubble’s hits and beyond

from Hubble’s legacy by Mario Livio In-flight servicing has prolonged the space telescope’s life, paving the way for future missions. 1990 The Hubble Space Telescope is launched on the space […]

Physics at nature.com: 17 January 2013

Pulsed accretion in a variable protostar (see also: ulaulaman’s island) James Muzerolle et al. Nature doi:10.1038/nature11746 First Paragraph | Full Text | PDF Planetary system disruption by Galactic perturbations to […]