The cover of this issue depicts hypernuclei decay events recorded in nuclear emulsion. See Saito et al.

The cover of this issue shows maps of gas and stellar density with massive black holes highlighted as black dots. The image is based on a cosmological simulation of the formation of a massive galaxy, along with its massive black holes, in the first billion years of the Universe. See Volonteri et al.

The cover of this issue is inspired by the applications of physics techniques to study art and other cultural heritage. See Leona et al.

The cover of this issue is inspired by Feynman diagrams contributing to the production of the Higgs boson. See Bass et al.

The cover of this issue shows scanning tunnelling maps of iron atom chains, displaying localised Majorana zero modes (double eyes) at the ends of the chains. See Jäck et al.

The cover of this issue shows an artistic representation of collective charge dynamics in cuprates, discussed in this month’s Viewpoint on high-temperature superconductivity. See Zhou et al.

The cover of this issue shows images of protoplanetary disks. Microgravity experiments on Earth and in orbit shed light on processes that occur in these regions where planets form. See Wurm et al.

The cover of this issue illustrates the idea that gravitational wave detectors have opened a new window onto the Universe. See Bailes et al.

The cover of this issue shows quasiparticle interference patterns on the surface of BiSb, taken using scanning tunnelling microscopy. See Yin et al.

The cover of this issue is a phase map of red blood cells, as recovered using Fourier ptychography. See Zheng et al.

The cover of this issue shows a network of similar products for the Egyptian economy. See César Hidalgo

The cover of this issue illustrates the complex internal structure of the proton. See Xiangdong Ji et al.