09/17/21 Nature New type of dark energy could solve universe expansion mystery Hints of a previously unknown, primordial form of the substance could explain why the cosmos now seems to be expanding faster than theory predicts.
09/14/21 Scientific American Weird muons may point to new particles and forces of nature A mismatch between theory and experiment could explain big physics mysteries.
09/13/21 Wired UK This is how you build a telescope to hunt for dark energy The Euclid telescope will soon start work studying two billion galaxies.
08/26/21 Gizmodo New dark-matter detector records unexplained high-frequency signals A quartz acoustic-wave resonator in Australia has made its first intriguing detections.
LZ experiment sets new record in search for dark matter 08/26/24 Lauren Biron New results from the world’s most sensitive dark matter detector put the best-ever limits on particles called WIMPs, a leading candidate for what makes up our universe’s invisible mass.
05/12/16 Where does mass come from? The Higgs field gives mass to elementary particles, but most of our mass comes from somewhere else.
05/05/16 Following LIGO’s treasure maps Astronomers around the world are looking for visible sources of gravitational waves.
04/28/16 A GUT feeling about physics Scientists want to connect the fundamental forces of nature in one Grand Unified Theory.
04/19/16 Eight things you might not know about light Light is all around us, but how much do you really know about the photons speeding past you?
04/14/16 Five fascinating facts about DUNE One: The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment will look for more than just neutrinos.
04/12/16 Art draws out the beauty of physics Labs around the world open their doors to aesthetic creation.