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The freckled universe

05/06/25

Madeleine O’Keefe

There’s a new class of cosmic object in town. And it might just overturn our understanding of black holes and galaxy evolution.

10/31/17

For Dark Matter Day, scientist and Star Wars fan Dan McKinsey talks dark matter and the Force.

10/26/17

Grace C. Young is fascinated by fundamental questions about realms both quantum and undersea.

10/24/17

Cross sections tell physicists how likely particles are to interact in a given way.

10/10/17

Constellations illustrates the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics—with a love story.

10/05/17

Instead of searching for dark matter particles, a new device will search for dark matter waves.

09/28/17

A Fermilab technical specialist recently invented a device that could help alert oncoming trains to large vehicles stuck on the tracks.

09/28/17

The national laboratory opened usually inaccessible areas of its campus to thousands of visitors to celebrate 50 years of discovery.

09/26/17

As Jordan-based SESAME nears its first experiments, members are connecting in new ways.