Distance between Earth and Sun

Measure it yourself during transit of Venus this year

In honour of Galileo

Exhibition>> Astronomy • Italy

Making a standby sun

Physicists say it's theoretically possible to make a sun in the laboratory.

Led by light

Display technology all set to cover new ground

Pipe screams

No small matter

A persevering physicist is well an his way to uncovering the enigma of antimatter

Expensive explorer

Light connections

Using light instead of electrons in circuits

Molecular sieve

Membranes with pores fine enough to filter molecules

Pigmentpointer

Computer therapy

A better view

Crystal clear

A different ball game!

Tennis stars are being served and volleyed to fuel a new and unique experiment

Water, water everywhere

Water has been detected in the upper atmospheres of Saturn, Uranus and Neptune

3D imager

Jupiter's winds

What keeps Jupiter and its plasma sheet in synchronous orbit

Looking back

By studying distant galaxies, we can test and refine our theories of star formation

Small-talk

Red surprise

Dazzling rays

Tracing cosmic rays

Deep mystery

Tiny eyes in space

A tougher stand

Ceramic products used to be brittle. But not any more