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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

Dave Mosher