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A new experiment has broken the known rules of physics, hinting at a mysterious, unknown force that has shaped our universe
An unknown force seems to be making subatomic particles called muons act weirdly. That same force c…
Aylin Woodward
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Meet muons — tiny subatomic particles that indicate there could be a fifth fundamental force of nature
Tiny subatomic particles called muons are defying the known laws of physics. Scientists believe the…
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Scientists are building tunnels under South Dakota for a $3 billion experiment that could solve some of the universe's grandest mysteries
To study tiny "ghost particles" known as neutrinos, scientists with Fermilab's DUNE project will be…
Jenny McGrath
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A weirdly wobbly 'muon' particle might revolutionize physics by revealing a 5th force of nature or another dimension
Muons are like fat electrons. They're everywhere. But the world's top physicists can't explain why …
Sonam Sheth,Jessica Orwig
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How antimatter engines could fly humans to other stars in just a few years
Antimatter isn't just a sci-fi trope. Ryan Weed has been working on designing an antimatter propuls…
Adam Barnes
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The 11 college majors with the lowest unemployment rates
But according to career site Zippia, which used US census data to estimate the unemployment rate fo…
Chris Weller
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The most powerful machine on Earth was just halted by a tiny weasel
This isn't the first time a long, furry animal has adventured into the tunnels of a powerful partic…
Ali Sundermier
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Astronomers detected 100 Earths' worth of gold being forged in space - here's how much it's worth
The r-process goes something like this: As neutron stars move toward each other, a tiny bit of thei…
Dave Mosher
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Scientists are solving the alien origins of Europium, a strange metal found in TVs, plastics, and lasers
This material almost immediately decayed into lighter elements, leading to a bright, radioactive "k…
Dave Mosher
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Particle X could be the biggest physics breakthrough in decades
"This is by far the most exciting thing that has happened in particle physics over the last three d…
Meghan Bartels
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Scientific proof that boarding by zones is a stupid system - and why airlines still haven't abandoned it
Steffan timed how long it took 72 passengers to file into a Boeing 757 using five different boardin…
Dina Spector
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The search for supersymmetry: Come out, come out, wherever you are!
If Susy does not show up, though, it will not be the end of physics. In science, not finding someth…
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Here Are The Next Huge Mysteries That Physicists Must Solve
Second, particle physicists still don't understand anti-matter. Tara Shears, who works at CERN, exp…
Jennifer Welsh
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Astronomers just proved the incredible origin of nearly all gold, platinum, and silver in the universe
The process, known appropriately as the rapid process (or r-process), goes like this: As the two ne…
Dave Mosher
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11 wimpy galaxies are beating up our brightest explanation yet for a deep, dark cosmic mystery
Timothy Brandt, an astrophysicist at the Institute for Advanced Study, wrote the study after he too…
Dave Mosher
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Here's why supersymmetry is such a big deal for physics
Even though the standard model predicted the existence of the Higgs boson, its discovery threw a wr…
Kelly Dickerson
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Most of the universe may be trapped inside of ancient black holes
Astronomers call this material "dark matter." They know it's out there because its huge mass tugs o…