09/17/21 Nature New type of dark energy could solve universe expansion mystery Hints of a previously unknown, primordial form of the substance could explain why the cosmos now seems to be expanding faster than theory predicts.
09/14/21 Scientific American Weird muons may point to new particles and forces of nature A mismatch between theory and experiment could explain big physics mysteries.
09/13/21 Wired UK This is how you build a telescope to hunt for dark energy The Euclid telescope will soon start work studying two billion galaxies.
08/26/21 Gizmodo New dark-matter detector records unexplained high-frequency signals A quartz acoustic-wave resonator in Australia has made its first intriguing detections.
Students become scientists on International Cosmic Day 10/01/24 Chris Patrick Every November, students, teachers and scientists worldwide gather virtually to learn about Earth’s cosmic visitors.
03/22/16 Why are particle accelerators so large? CERN physicist Edda Gschwendtner explains why we need big machines to study tiny particles.
03/16/16 Dusting for the fingerprint of inflation with BICEP3 A new experiment at the South Pole picks up where BICEP2 left off.
03/15/16 A new pair of lenses for the Mayall Scientists hope the quarter-ton hunks of glass will help them see dark energy’s effects.
03/08/16 Art of Darkness The Dark Energy Survey’s art show offers a glimpse of the expanding universe.
03/01/16 The hidden neutrino The explanation for some strange experimental results could lie in undiscovered particles called sterile neutrinos.
02/23/16 The ABCs of particle physics Take an interactive animated journey through the particle physics alphabet.
02/18/16 Casting a net for neutrinos The KM3NeT experiment will catch the elusive particles using the Mediterranean Sea.
02/16/16 Test of DUNE tech begins On the road to the world’s largest liquid-argon neutrino detector, take the “DUNE Buggy.”