Today’s physics news: Astronomers solve 2,000 year old supernova mystery, faster-than-light neutrino result to get extra checks and more

Daily news — By Lena on October 26, 2011 at 10:47 am

Astronomers solve 2,000 year old supernova mystery
Astronomers have solved a mystery dating back almost 2,000 years to when Chinese stargazers witnessed the first recorded supernova happening in space.
Telegraph

Fallout forensics hike radiation toll
Global data on Fukushima challenge Japanese estimates.
Nature

Faster-than-light neutrino result to get extra checks
Physicists are running extra tests to check the claim – it could assuage the concerns of team members who withheld their names from the preprint
New Scientist