05/17/21 Berkeley Lab Successful start of Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) follows record-setting trial run The international collaboration aims to create a 3D map of the universe.
05/15/21 Discover A telescope on the moon could illuminate the dark ages of the universe A radio telescope planned for the farside of the moon could plug a 500-million-year hole in cosmic history.
05/13/21 Gizmodo If we live in a sea of dark matter, this tiny mirror might be able to detect it A team of researchers has suggested a design for a new dark matter experiment, one that relies on a super-thin mirror and would aim to detect something called dark photons.
05/13/21 Discover Have astrophysicists finally discovered primordial black holes? Astronomers think some black holes must have formed soon after the Big Bang.
Explain it in 60 Seconds: Lattice QCD 07/25/24 Sarah Charley Lattice gauge theory, or lattice QCD, is a calculation method that helps scientists make predictions about the behavior of quarks at low energies.
10/30/15 Gravitational waves and where to find them Advanced LIGO has just begun its search for gravitational waves.
10/27/15 The particle physics personality quiz What topic in particle physics are you destined to study? Take the quiz to find out!
10/21/15 Where's my hoverboard? Real, levitating hoverboards do exist, thanks to quantum mechanics and the interplay between superconductors and magnetic fields.
10/20/15 Frightfully smart jack-o’-lanterns These physics-themed jack-o’-lanterns come with extra brains.
10/15/15 From the lab to the classroom Physicist Jennifer Gimmell shares her love of physics with her students.
10/14/15 Is the universe getting bigger or am I getting smaller? Physicist Jim Pivarski explains ways to think about the expansion of space.
10/13/15 Xenon, xenon everywhere It’s in the air we breathe, but it’s not so easy to get ahold of 10 metric tons of xenon in its liquid form.
10/07/15 A measurement to watch Finding a small discrepancy in measurements of the properties of neutrinos could show us how they fit into the bigger picture.