Science: The youthful field of astroparticle physics--the study of the universe via the cosmic rays, gamma rays, gravity waves, and neutrinos that rain down on Earth--has a growing appetite for infrastructure funding. Last week, a body representing astroparticle physicists across Europe released the first draft of a wish list of facilities. “We’re trying to decide which large infrastructures can be funded in the next 10 years,” says Stavros Katsanevas of France’s National Institute for Nuclear and Particle Physics.
The finding that the Saturnian moon may host layers of icy slush instead of a global ocean could change how planetary scientists think about other icy moons as well.
Modeling the shapes of tree branches, neurons, and blood vessels is a thorny problem, but researchers have just discovered that much of the math has already been done.
January 29, 2026 12:52 PM
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