Deep in the core of most galaxies, hidden by spinning clouds of gas and dust, black holes spin like cosmic engines. These ...

As the name suggests, particle accelerators involve accelerating subatomic particles to incredibly high speeds and smashing ...

Astronomers studying the supermassive black hole M87*, a behemoth six and a half billion times the mass of the Sun, have ...

In 1956, physicist David Pines theorized the existence of a massless, neutral plasmon called a “demon” that could help ...

Epic Systems and Particle Health are clashing over how their antitrust lawsuit should move forward, with each side telling a federal judge that the other is misinterpreting her recent order. Here are ...

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

The strong nuclear force may abruptly loosen its grip on the fundamental particles that make up matter at a special “critical ...

A lot of the science from our accelerators is published long after collisions end, so storing experimental data for future ...

The most energetic cosmic neutrino, or "ghost particle," ever recorded may be the remnants of a nearby black hole explosion.

On February 13, 2023, a single subatomic particle zipped across the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Sicily, triggering ...

At every moment, subatomic particles stream in unfathomable numbers through your body. Each second, about 100 billion neutrinos from the sun pass through your thumbnail, and you’re bathed in a rain of ...