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01/09/23
WIRED

How to measure ripples in spacetime

Using the giant Virgo interferometer in Tuscany, researchers are recording gravitational waves created by interstellar cataclysms as they wash through our planet.

01/04/23
Nautilus

The remarkable emptiness of existence

Most of the energy within the cosmos is contained in the vacuum, and that energy is dominating the future evolution of the universe.

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The quantum chase

11/26/24
Laura Dattaro

Some friendly competition led up to the first discovery of entanglement at the Large Hadron Collider.

Micky Dolenz
11/15/18

Physics footage from a Monkee

1970s video footage recorded by musician Micky Dolenz when he visited the then-nascent Fermilab is now available on YouTube.

An artists interpretation of gravitational lensing
11/13/18

Gravitational lenses

Predicted by Einstein and discovered in 1979, gravitational lensing helps astrophysicists understand the evolving shape of the universe.

An illustration of Kira Burt including facets of her story
11/08/18

From GED to PhD

Physicist Kira Burt dropped out of school at 16. Now she teaches students that anyone can be a scientist.

An illustration of various science experiments
10/23/18

The building boom

These international projects, selected during the process to plan the future of US particle physics, are all set to come online within the next 10 years.

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