* Astronomy

Astroparticle physicists in Europe have identified six key challenges that they face and the new facilities that they need to meet their research aims. Their plans for the next ten years have been outlined in The Astroparticle Physics Roadmap Phase 1 published by ApPEC and ASPERA, which are consortia of national agencies that pay for astroparticle physics research in Europe.
The roadmap identifies six basic questions that need to be addressed by the astrophysical community over the next decade:

What is the nature of dark matter?
Do protons have a finite lifetime?
What are the properties of neutrinos?
What do neutrinos tell us about the interiors of the sun and Earth and about supernovae?
What is the origin of cosmic rays?
Can we detect gravitational waves?

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