Some of the year’s best popular-science books and a Stephen Hawking quiz

Physics books that captured the imagination in 2021

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Amanda Lee Falkenberg describes the process of turning mysterious worlds into music

An orchestral trip through the moons of our solar system

Two researchers who have switched sides in this heated cosmic debate

Dark matter vs modified gravity: which team are you on?

With its wartime origins and iconic facilities, radio astronomy has always inspired curious tinkerers

Radio pioneers: the enduring role of ‘amateurs’ in radio astronomy

Chad Orzel discusses the pivotal breakthroughs in the history of laser cooling

Radiant chills: the revolutionary science of laser cooling

A conversation with Kai Bird, co-author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Robert Oppenheimer

Physics books that captured the imagination in 2021

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