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NASA telescope discovers mysterious hotspot of high-energy particles beyond our galaxy
Gamma rays and ultra-high-energy cosmic rays are filling a huge area of the sky. An astronomer call…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Ghostly subatomic particles help scientists peer inside the guts of dangerous volcanoes
Muons are tiny particles that penetrate matter. By measuring how well muons pass through certain pa…
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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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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An underground dark-matter experiment may have stumbled on the 'holy grail': a new particle that could upend the laws of physics
If researchers have detected an axion particle forged inside the sun, the potentially "Nobel Prize-…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA finds hyperactive particles in Antarctica — they officially defy all known rules of physics
NASA hasn’t found a ‘parallel universe where time runs backwards’ — only that the current rules of …
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The US is building its first new particle collider in decades on Long Island. Stephen Hawking called the technology a 'time machine.'
Scientists already know that protons are made up of even tinier particles called quarks, which are …
Aria Bendix,Aria Bendix
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This ghostly particle could explain why you exist
Now, in a study published Monday in the journal Physical Review Letters, IceCube researchers come t…
Ali Sundermier
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‘God Particle’ Could Be ‘Catastrophic’ For The Universe: Stephen Hawking
Professor Hawking wrote: “The Higgs potential has the worrisome feature that it might become megast…
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A ghostly particle detected in Antarctica has led astronomers to a super-massive spinning black hole called a 'blazar'
Researchers detected the "ghost" particle, or neutrino, in September 2017 using IceCube, a huge arr…
Dave Mosher
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WE'VE FOUND THE GOD PARTICLE
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A second 'Big Bang' could end our universe in an instant - and it's all because of a tiny particle that controls the laws of physics
It's nothing to worry about yet. They settled on a date 10139 years from now - or 10 million trilli…
Jeremy Berke
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How scientists use a giant telescope in Antarctica to study the strangest particle in the universe
Their discovery was a testament to extreme science. Not only did the researchers make a remarkable …
Jessica Orwig
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This particle could explain why you exist - but 1 billion tons of Antarctic ice couldn't catch it
Now, in a study published Monday in the journal Physical Review Letters, IceCube researchers come t…
Ali Sundermier
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Scientists just discovered a completely new particle inside the world's most powerful physics lab
The researchers are part of a larger collaboration called the LHCb project, which uses one of the L…
Jessica Orwig
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Here's the truth behind the strange phenomena that caused 2 men to sue the world's largest particle lab
In 1974, Hawking predicted that black holes don't just gobble stuff up, they also spit it out in th…
Jessica Orwig
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This Particle Physicist Just Won A Huge Award For Studying A Colossal Block Of Ice
Each year, Smithsonian recognizes ten of the most innovative people in America. Some of this year…
Jessica Orwig
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The Inventor Of The Higgs Boson Hates That We Call It 'The God Particle'
The particle, or a version of it, was discovered last spring, and the finding has been confirmed by…
Jennifer Welsh
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Scientists May Never Have Found The God Particle Without The Richest Family In Brazil
“We created the whole market,” Tadeu Carneiro, chief executive officer of Cia. Brasileira de Metalu…
Linette Lopez
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Bill Gates says nuclear power has 'impressive' bipartisan support
Bill Gates and other tech leaders are promoting nuclear energy as a clean solution to the country's…