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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 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.

07/02/15

Physicist Jim Pivarski explains how particle detectors know when to record data.

06/30/15

When it comes to studying particles that zip through matter as though it weren’t even there, you use every method you can think of.

06/25/15

The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument will produce a 3-D space map using a ‘hive’ of robots.

06/23/15

The India-based Neutrino Observatory will provide a home base for Indian particle physicists.

06/18/15

Noether's theorem is a thread woven into the fabric of the science.

06/11/15

Masanori Yamauchi started his three-year term as head of Japan’s major center of particle physics research this spring.

06/10/15

Physicists are using LHC detector technology to retrieve Native American music from old recordings.

06/09/15

The proposed Hyper-K experiment would dwarf its predecessor.