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10/27/21

Four complementary analyses by Fermilab’s MicroBooNE show no signs of a theorized fourth kind of neutrino.

10/26/21

A new analysis of the South Pole-based telescope’s observations has all but ruled out several popular models of inflation.

The boson that physics almost rejected

07/02/24

Claire Malone

Nobel Laureate Peter Higgs died earlier this year. Twelve years ago this week, physicists discovered the particle that bears his name.

10/11/16

Physicists and geologists are forming a new partnership to study particles from inside the planet.

10/04/16

Computer simulations help cosmologists unlock the mystery of how the universe evolved.

09/27/16

I do not think it means what you think it means.

09/21/16

The proposed International Linear Collider has a fuzzy new ally.

09/16/16

A theoretical species of particle might answer nearly every question about our cosmos—if scientists can find it.

09/13/16

Many theories predict the existence of magnetic monopoles, but experiments have yet to see them.

09/09/16

What can the surprisingly huge mass of the black holes detected by LIGO tell us about dark matter and the early universe?

09/06/16

A new tool lets astronomers listen to the universe for the first time.