The Large Hadron Collider is about to set a record by achieving beam circulation at 3.5 TeV, bringing collisions between protons to 7 TeV center-of-mass energy.

A study of hot X-ray emitting gas scattering the cosmic microwave background suggests that the "dark flow" is indeed real.

Lower than expected amounts of X-rays from Type Ia supernovae suggest that they are due to the merger of two white dwarfs.

The soil in Chinese croplands has become more acidic since the 1980s, primarily as a result of too much nitrogen fertilization.