Particle Physics

The mind-bending experiments taking place in particle accelerators around the world, including the Large Hadron Collider. Quarks, munons, bosons, and dark matter galore.

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Particles rush through a long tunnel in the Large Hadron Collider.

Particle Physics

How the Large Hadron Collider gets reset and refreshed each year How the Large Hadron Collider gets reset and refreshed each year

By Riccardo Maria Bianchi / The Conversation

Illustration of atomic Fresnel lens

Engineering

This lens is just three atoms thick and works like a quantum lighthouse This lens is just three atoms thick and works like a quantum lighthouse

LSST Camera Deputy Project Manager Travis Lange shines a flashlight into the LSST Camera.

Deep Space

A 3,200-megapixel digital camera is ready for its cosmic photoshoot A 3,200-megapixel digital camera is ready for its cosmic photoshoot

Caption: CERT’s four-legged Robodog can manuevuer throguh cramped spaces and use sensors to spot fires, leaks, or other hazards.

Particle Physics

A four-legged ‘Robodog’ is patrolling the Large Hadron Collider A four-legged ‘Robodog’ is patrolling the Large Hadron Collider

By Mack DeGeurin

The particle accelerator on a one-cent coin.

Particle Physics

How physicists built the world’s smallest particle accelerator How physicists built the world’s smallest particle accelerator

CERN scientists in hard hats putting antihydrogen in a vacuum chamber tube to test the effects of gravity on antimatter

Particle Physics

Does antimatter fall down or up? We now have a definitive answer. Does antimatter fall down or up? We now have a definitive answer.

A metal sphere under construction as workers climb over it.

Deep Space

A massive detector in China will try to find a supernova before it happens A massive detector in China will try to find a supernova before it happens

By Briley Lewis

Gold atom with nucleus and floating particles to depict what is matter

Particle Physics

What is matter? It’s not as basic as you’d think. What is matter? It’s not as basic as you’d think.

Scientist inspects portion of LCLS installation

Particle Physics

This record-breaking X-ray laser is ready to unlock quantum secrets This record-breaking X-ray laser is ready to unlock quantum secrets

collage of cern images

Particle Physics

How the world’s biggest particle accelerator is racing to cook up plasma from after the big bang How the world’s biggest particle accelerator is racing to cook up plasma from after the big bang

The ring-shaped machinery of the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.

Particle Physics

A fleeting subatomic particle may be exposing flaws in a major physics theory A fleeting subatomic particle may be exposing flaws in a major physics theory

Green high density laser array

Energy

Colorado is getting a state-of-the-art laser fusion facility Colorado is getting a state-of-the-art laser fusion facility

Euclid Space Telescope mounted on SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in a holding facility before dark energy and dark matter mission launch

Deep Space

Euclid space telescope begins its search through billions of galaxies for dark matter and energy Euclid space telescope begins its search through billions of galaxies for dark matter and energy

The IceCube Lab is seen under a starry night sky, with the Milky Way appearing over low auroras in the background.

Particle Physics

The Milky Way’s ghostly neutrinos have finally been found The Milky Way’s ghostly neutrinos have finally been found

Marcoule Nuclear Power Plant in France. Workers in protective gear heating glowing nuclear reactor.

Energy

Why shooting cosmic rays at nuclear reactors is actually a good idea Why shooting cosmic rays at nuclear reactors is actually a good idea

Black hole shooting beam of energy out speed of light and being caught by a space telescope in an illustration. There's an inset showing blue and purple electromagnetic waves,

Deep Space

Astronomers now know how supermassive black holes blast us with energy Astronomers now know how supermassive black holes blast us with energy

A hohlraum at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

Particle Physics

Magnets might be the future of nuclear fusion Magnets might be the future of nuclear fusion

The center of Messier 77's spiral galaxy.

Particle Physics

This far-off galaxy is probably shooting us with oodles of ghostly particles This far-off galaxy is probably shooting us with oodles of ghostly particles

Nobel Prize Physics 2022 winners Alain Aspect, John F. Clauser and Anton Zeilinger in gold and black illustration

Particle Physics

Quantum entanglement theorists win Nobel Prize for loophole-busting experiments Quantum entanglement theorists win Nobel Prize for loophole-busting experiments

By Purbita Saha

Large Hadron Collider experiment view with CERN staff in a hard hat standing near during the Europe gas crisis

Energy

Europe’s energy crisis could shut down the Large Hadron Collider Europe’s energy crisis could shut down the Large Hadron Collider