Scientists propose a bold new dark matter candidate: the superheavy, charged gravitino, detectable in experiments like JUNO and DUNE.

Physicists predict the universe’s expansion will reverse, ending in a dramatic big crunch about 20 billion years from now.

Dark energy—the term used to describe whatever is causing the universe to expand at an increasing rate—is one of the universe's greatest mysteries. The most widely accepted theory currently suggests ...

Members of the STAR collaboration, a group of physicists collecting and analyzing data from particle collisions at the ...

Tunable red to green emissions in upconversion nanoparticles allow precise identification of single particles, enabling ...

For more than three decades, the scientific consensus on the composition of the universe has rested on a foundation both elegant and perplexing: that roughly 95% of all that exists is made up of ...

Particle physics is the study of the elementary building blocks of matter and radiation and their interaction. The fundamental particles are summarised by the standard model. This includes leptons ...

New research suggests dark matter may be a cosmic illusion caused by evolving natural forces, reshaping our understanding of ...

This applies to the Shanghai Outer Ring Tunnel: a major travel artery in China’s largest city, which runs for almost 3 km ...

New research suggests that there is a 90% chance that within the next decade, humanity could use a space or Earth-based ...

It was in the 17th century that Christiaan Huygens and Giovanni Cassini first revealed Saturn’s stunning rings, changing the way people understood the distant planet. Hundreds of years later, NASA’s ...

On the edge of California's Monterey Bay, ecologist Matthew Savoca and a team of volunteers sift through sand and seawater ...