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exomoon candidate Kepler-1625b-i, the companion planet and the star in the centre of the star system. An artist’s impression.

Exomoon spotted outside solar system

Evidence suggests that it is as big as Neptune, orbiting a gas-giant planet roughly the size of Jupiter (called Kepler-1625b), which, in turn, orbits
Compiled by R. Ramachandran
The nuclei of Mercury isotopes, unlike any other element, can have two different shapes. After more than 40 years, ISOLDE has solved the mystery of how and why this happens.

Shape-shifting mercury isotopes

The experiment has demonstrated and explained the unique behaviour of mercury isotopes, where the shapes of the nuclei keep shifting between that of
Compiled by R. Ramachandran
Different pasta-like shapes in which nuclear matter at various layers of a neutron star, from the crust to the core, aggregate.

'Nuclear Pasta', the ultimate in strength

A team of scientists has calculated the strength of material deep inside the crust of neutron stars and found it to be the strongest known material in
Compiled by R. Ramachandran
Schematic of Beta-amyloid deposits in the nerve cell network in the brain.

Why Alzheimer’s drug trials fail

A new discovery by researchers at King's College London could be a major step in understanding Alzheimer’s disease and the basis of a new early therap
Compiled by R. Ramachandran
Caption: Interior of the ProtoDUNE detector.

First particle tracks at neutrino detector

The giant cube-shaped neutrino detector of the size of a three-storey building and the largest liquid-argon neutrino detector in the world, called Pro
Compiled by R. Ramachandran
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