A massive weekend for a massive telescope, a chance to shine a light on the stuff that doesn’t shine, & an old beauty reminds us why she’s so cool with possibly the most awesome images I’ve ever seen.

A Sydney PhD student has traced one of space's most baffling radio signals to a white dwarf feeding off its neighbour, the clearest clue yet to a mystery that has held out for years.

On 29 June, the Large Hadron Collider smashes its last protons for four long years. NerdNews raises a glass to the 27-kilometre marvel that caught the Higgs, and peers down the tunnel at what its supercharged successor might find.