Physicists finally know where at least some of these high-energy particles come from, which helps make…
Author: Thomas Lewton
Researchers Argue Black Holes Will Destroy All Quantum States
New calculations suggest that the event horizons will eventually “decohere” quantum possibilities—even those that are far…
What Drives Galaxies? The Milky Way’s Black Hole May Be the Key
Supermassive black holes are engines of galactic evolution, but new observations of our galaxy and its…
A New Tool for Finding Dark Matter Digs Up Nothing
Physicists are devising clever ways to exploit the extreme sensitivity of gravitational wave detectors like LIGO.…
Detailed Footage Finally Reveals What Triggers Lightning
The first detailed observations of lightning's emergence inside a cloud have exposed how electric fields grow…
The Great Neutrino Mystery Could Point to Missing Particles
Years of conflicting measurements have led physicists to propose a “dark sector” of invisible particles that…
Fractons, the Weirdest Matter, Could Yield Quantum Clues
Theorists are in a frenzy over these bizarre, but potentially useful, hypothetical particles that can only…
The Secret Ingredient That Powers Supernovas
Three-dimensional computer simulations have solved the mystery of why doomed stars explode at all.
Physicists Pin Down the Nuclear Reaction After the Big Bang
The newly measured rate of a key nuclear fusion process that forged the first atomic nuclei…
Looking for Gravitons? Check for the ‘Buzz’
The hypothetical particles are a cornerstone of quantum gravity theories, but they’re famously hard to observe.…