The universe isn’t as uniform as we thought
Modern cosmology rests on a simple assumption: if we look on large enough scales, matter should be distributed…
God Particle detector shut for four years: Here’s what will happen in 2030
The world’s most powerful particle accelerator has gone silent, but only for now. The European Council for Nuclear…
What is the God particle: How the Higgs boson changed our understanding of the universe |
Image(s): Left/AI Generated/Right/Wikipedia For decades, physicists searched for a missing piece of nature’s puzzle, an elusive particle believed…
Astronomers discover faint dwarf galaxy that seems to exist without dark matter
A faint dwarf galaxy drifting 45 million light-years from Earth may have joined one of astronomy’s strangest clubs.…
Supermassive black holes may be surrounded by dark matter clusters, new ‘echo map’ technique suggests
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Physicists use thorium-229 to power the world’s first working nuclear clock
A clock built from thorium-229 has crossed an important line, from a long-discussed concept to a working device.…
Quantum sensor neutralizes laser noise for dark matter and gravitational wave detection
Finding out what the universe is actually made of remains one of the ultimate frontiers in modern physics.…
Christina Wang of Fermilab receives prestigious award for advances in dark matter detection
Christina Wang, a postdoctoral researcher and Lederman Fellow at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, has been…
Scientists crack a 30-year-old mystery about how black holes form without a dying star |
Most people picture a black hole forming the same way: a massive star runs out of fuel, collapses…
ATLAS hunts for a new “soft” signature of the dark sector
The ATLAS Collaboration releases its first dedicated search for soft unclustered energy patterns (SUEPs) – an elusive possible…
Mysterious Cosmic Signal Could Be First Real Evidence of Primordial Black Holes
Artist’s illustration of two black holes orbiting each other. Credit: Carl Knox, OzGrav, Swinburne University of Technology Scientists…
Could a cosmic uncertainty principle help explain dark matter?
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