A New Helium Measurement Is Testing the Universe’s First Five Minutes
The research team focused on 15 of the most “pristine” small, remote galaxies ever discovered for these papers.…
Largest-Ever Physics Survey Raises New Doubts About Our Model of the Universe
A global survey of physicists reveals strikingly little consensus on some of the deepest questions in modern physics,…
CERN physicists recreate matter from the early universe using ‘Little Big Bangs’
Physicists created signs of primordial quark-gluon plasma by colliding oxygen and neon nuclei, much smaller nuclei than traditionally…
ATLAS breaks its own record with new search for double-Higgs production
Producing two Higgs bosons in a single proton-proton collision is among the rarest processes at the LHC. Yet…
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…
Scientists use Einstein’s equations to reveal what came before the Big Bang
Some of the hardest questions in cosmology begin where the usual math gives up. Push Einstein’s theory far…
Black Holes Aren’t Real? Astronomers Propose Elusive Formation Mechanism for “Gravastar” Alternative That is “Easier to Accept”
Scientists from Goethe University, Frankfurt, studying alternatives to black holes have suggested a mathematically viable formation mechanism for…
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…
A Universe Without Dark Energy? Mathematicians Challenge Standard Cosmology
A new analysis argues that the standard cosmological model may be fundamentally unstable, raising questions about whether dark…
How China is working to turn Saishiteng Mountain into the world’s largest astronomy base
Construction on the Tibetan plateau of some of the Earth’s most powerful optical telescopes is putting China on…