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Black and white still from a simulation of galaxies forming

07/11/19

Satellite galaxies provide new clues about dark matter

A new study shows that light dark matter is 1000 times less likely to bump into regular matter than previous analyses allowed.

An illustration of scientists observing the Hubble constant

07/09/19

The 9 percent difference

A discrepancy between different measurements of the Hubble constant makes scientists question whether something is amiss in our understanding of the universe.

An illustration of a person in a space suit on mars with a reflection of a rover in the helmet

07/02/19

The right stuff

A CERN engineer sees if she has what it takes to live and work on Mars.

An illustration of robot hands typing on a computer

06/25/19

The future of particle accelerators may be autonomous

Particle accelerators are some of the most complicated machines in science. Scientists are working on ways to run them with a diminishing amount of direction from humans.

LSST at sunset

06/19/19

A miniature camera for the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope

ComCam will help test the observatory once it is installed in Chile later this year.

Tor Raubenheimer

06/18/19

A day in the life of an accelerator designer

Physicist Tor Raubenheimer explores the world by climbing rocks and designing particle accelerators.

Physics Slang

06/11/19

The language of physics

10 more words that mean something different to scientists.

Photograph of hands in light blue rubber gloves holding detector components

06/10/19

Berkeley leans into search for light dark matter

Dark matter could be much lower in mass and slighter in energy than previously thought.

"Physics without Frontiers" class of 2018 group photo

06/06/19

Sharing CERN with Nepal

A dynamic duo at CERN is planting seeds to foster physics research in Nepal.

An illustration of technicians assembling the LSST

06/04/19

Engineering the world’s largest digital camera

Building the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope also means solving extraordinary technological challenges.

Konstantinos and George at CERN

05/28/19

Brothers reunited on the ATLAS experiment

Two brothers with very different career paths land on the same project at CERN.

An illustration depicting the four physicists in this article

05/21/19

From physics to data science

Four physicists share their journeys through academia into industry and offer words of wisdom for those considering making a similar move.

Pixelated map of Europe for European Strategy Update

05/16/19

Europe’s path forward

Physicists meet this week in Granada, Spain, to update the European Strategy for Particle Physics.

An illustration of a large net catching many butterflies

05/14/19

Casting a wide net

In their quest to discover physics beyond the Standard Model, physicists weigh the pros and cons of different search strategies.

An illustration of a filmstrip cotaining images representing stages of the early universe

05/07/19

A universe is born

Take a (brief) journey through the early history of our cosmos.

Photograph of the LHC tunnel

05/02/19

The unseen progress of the LHC

It’s not always about what you discover.