Where Do High-Energy Cosmic Rays Come From? A Star’s Last Gasp
Researchers compiled data from several telescopes to show that explosive stellar death can generate some of the fastest particles in the universe. ..
Researchers compiled data from several telescopes to show that explosive stellar death can generate some of the fastest particles in the universe. ..
A hidden link between two seemingly unrelated particle collision outcomes shows a mysterious web of mathematical connections between disparate theories. ..
In physics, experiments to answer the big questions can take decades to run—and might not produce any findings at all. ..
I just wanted to be a scientist, not a trailblazer. But in my field, people like me are anomalies—and we face constant scrutiny for our race and gender. ..
An experiment conducted on hybrid matter-antimatter atoms has defied researchers’ expectations. ..
A new analysis of W bosons suggests these particles are significantly heavier than predicted by the standard model of particle physics. ..
Physicists are devising clever ways to exploit the extreme sensitivity of gravitational wave detectors like LIGO. But they’ve seen no signs of exotica ..
The same phenomenon by which an opera singer can shatter a wineglass also underlies the very existence of subatomic particles. ..
Through his encyclopedic study of the electron, an obscure figure named Stefano Laporta found a handle on the subatomic world’s fearsome complexity. ..
Years of conflicting measurements have led physicists to propose a “dark sector” of invisible particles that could explain dark matter and the universe’s ..