06/22/23 Science Into the dark A European space telescope sets off to discover the nature of dark energy—the biggest ingredient in the universe.
06/16/23 Space.com Large Hadron Collider may be closing in on the universe's missing antimatter 'Through more precise measurements, large improvements have been made in our knowledge.'
06/13/23 Berkeley Lab DESI early data release holds nearly two million objects The first batch of data from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument is now available for researchers to mine.
06/08/23 Popular Mechanics Researchers may have spotted a star made of dark matter. If so, that's crazy. What's really happening here?
The quantum chase 11/26/24 Laura Dattaro Some friendly competition led up to the first discovery of entanglement at the Large Hadron Collider.
02/04/20 On background Physicists deal with background in their experiments in two ways: by reducing it and by rejecting it.
01/28/20 Fine-tuning versus naturalness When observed parameters seem like they must be finely tuned to fit a theory, some physicists accept it as coincidence. Others want to keep digging.
01/23/20 When kids interview scientists Science Storytellers brings together two groups of innately curious individuals: scientists and children.
01/21/20 The other dark matter candidate As technology improves, scientists discover new ways to search for theorized dark matter particles called axions.
01/16/20 Drag racing and black hole physics The first undergraduate on the Event Horizon Telescope to receive junior collaborator status thrives in the unknown.
01/14/20 The persevering physicist To both understand the universe and improve equity, inclusion and diversity in physics, Brian Beckford looks to one word: respect.
01/09/20 Expanding a neutrino hunt in the South Pole A forthcoming upgrade to the IceCube detector will provide deeper insights into the elusive particles.
01/07/20 Vera Rubin, giant of astronomy The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope will be named for an influential astronomer who left the field better than she found it.