• Four Crazy Stars Astronomers Think Might Really Exist

    Updated: 2021-03-26 15:00:00
    From stars made of dark matter to stars literally living inside their partners, these stellar systems are theoretically possible.

  • New Images of M87's Black Hole Reveal Its Swirling Magnetic Field

    Updated: 2021-03-24 18:15:00
    The Event Horizon Telescope’s newest images of M87’s supermassive black hole hint at how its jets are fired far into space.

  • breaking symmetry magazine

    Updated: 2021-03-22 01:52:26
    Skip to main content Topics Higgs boson Neutrinos Dark matter Dark energy New physics Applications Full archive Follow Search A joint Fermilab SLAC publication 09 24 15 Citizen scientists published Amateurs and professionals share the credit in the newest publications from the Space Warps . project 07 23 15 A new first for T2K The Japan-based neutrino experiment has seen its first three candidate electron . antineutrinos 07 14 15 LHC physicists discover five-quark particle Pentaquarks are no longer just a . theory 06 16 15 OPERA catches fifth tau neutrino The OPERA experiment's study of tau neutrino appearance has reached the level of discovery . rdquo 06 03 15 LHC arrives at the next energy frontier Data collection has officially begun at the Large Hadron . Collider 05 21 15 LHC achieves

  • symmetry magazine dimensions of particle physics

    Updated: 2021-03-22 01:52:26
    Skip to main content Topics Higgs boson Neutrinos Dark matter Dark energy New physics Applications Full archive Follow Search A joint Fermilab SLAC publication latest news 03 11 21 Quanta Quantum mischief rewrites the laws of cause and effect Spurred on by quantum experiments that scramble the ordering of causes and their effects , some physicists are figuring out how to abandon causality . altogether 03 11 21 Ars Technica Researchers measure the gravity exerted by a 90 milligram object We've measured the pull between two gold spheres , each 2 millimeters . across 03 10 21 Nature Giant ice cube hints at the existence of cosmic antineutrinos Evidence of a rare neutrino-interaction process called the Glashow resonance has been observed by a detector buried deep in the Antarctic ice opening

  • breaking symmetry magazine

    Updated: 2021-03-22 01:52:26
    Skip to main content Topics Higgs boson Neutrinos Dark matter Dark energy New physics Applications Full archive Follow Search A joint Fermilab SLAC publication 09 24 15 Citizen scientists published Amateurs and professionals share the credit in the newest publications from the Space Warps . project 07 23 15 A new first for T2K The Japan-based neutrino experiment has seen its first three candidate electron . antineutrinos 07 14 15 LHC physicists discover five-quark particle Pentaquarks are no longer just a . theory 06 16 15 OPERA catches fifth tau neutrino The OPERA experiment's study of tau neutrino appearance has reached the level of discovery . rdquo 06 03 15 LHC arrives at the next energy frontier Data collection has officially begun at the Large Hadron . Collider 05 21 15 LHC achieves

  • Archive symmetry magazine

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  • Archive symmetry magazine

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    Skip to main content Topics Higgs boson Neutrinos Dark matter Dark energy New physics Applications Full archive Follow Search A joint Fermilab SLAC publication Add filters Type All Types Article Video Category All Categories Feature News Topic All Topics Physics topics Antimatter Astrophysics Cosmic rays Dark energy Dark matter Extra dimensions Higgs boson Muons Neutrinos New physics Standard Model Supersymmetry Theory Underground science Tools technology Accelerators Computing Detectors Light sources R D Outside the lab Applications Education outreach Physics culture Date published Year Year 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 04 07 20 Dark matter decoys The ADMX experiment trains scientists to deal with real signals by creating fake .

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    Skip to main content Topics Higgs boson Neutrinos Dark matter Dark energy New physics Applications Full archive Follow Search A joint Fermilab SLAC publication Add filters Type All Types Article Video Category All Categories Feature News Topic All Topics Physics topics Antimatter Astrophysics Cosmic rays Dark energy Dark matter Extra dimensions Higgs boson Muons Neutrinos New physics Standard Model Supersymmetry Theory Underground science Tools technology Accelerators Computing Detectors Light sources R D Outside the lab Applications Education outreach Physics culture Date published Year Year 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Dark energy 02 14 19 Taking a collider to the dark energy problem Every second , the universe grows a little

  • Archive symmetry magazine

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    Skip to main content Topics Higgs boson Neutrinos Dark matter Dark energy New physics Applications Full archive Follow Search A joint Fermilab SLAC publication Add filters Type All Types Article Video Category All Categories Feature News Topic All Topics Physics topics Antimatter Astrophysics Cosmic rays Dark energy Dark matter Extra dimensions Higgs boson Muons Neutrinos New physics Standard Model Supersymmetry Theory Underground science Tools technology Accelerators Computing Detectors Light sources R D Outside the lab Applications Education outreach Physics culture Date published Year Year 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 03 24 20 Scientists search for origin of proton mass Only 1 of the mass of the proton comes from the Higgs

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  • LHC physicists discover five-quark particle symmetry magazine

    Updated: 2021-03-22 01:52:24
    Skip to main content Topics Higgs boson Neutrinos Dark matter Dark energy New physics Applications Full archive Follow Search A joint Fermilab SLAC publication LHC physicists discover five-quark particle 07 14 15 By Sarah Charley Pentaquarks are no longer just a . theory Artwork by CERN Protons and neutrons , which together with electrons form atoms , are made up of even smaller particles called quarks . Protons and neutrons contain three quarks . each Scientists at the LHCb experiment at the Large Hadron Collider just discovered two particles made up of not three , not four , but five quarks the first observed pentaquarks . Scientists have been searching for this class of particles for about 50 . years The pentaquark is not just any new particle , rdquo says LHCb spokesperson Guy

  • OPERA catches fifth tau neutrino symmetry magazine

    Updated: 2021-03-22 01:52:24
    Skip to main content Topics Higgs boson Neutrinos Dark matter Dark energy New physics Applications Full archive Follow Search A joint Fermilab SLAC publication OPERA catches fifth tau neutrino 06 16 15 By Kathryn Jepsen The OPERA experiment's study of tau neutrino appearance has reached the level of discovery . rdquo INFN Today the OPERA experiment in Italy announced a discovery related to the behavior of . neutrinos Light , rarely interacting particles called neutrinos come in three types , called flavors electron , muon and tau . When an electron neutrino collides with a detector , it produces an electron a muon neutrino produces a muon and a tau neutrino produces a . tau In 1998, the Super-Kamiokande experiment in Japan found the first solid evidence that neutrinos do not stick with any

  • LHC experiments first to observe rare process symmetry magazine

    Updated: 2021-03-22 01:52:24
    Skip to main content Topics Higgs boson Neutrinos Dark matter Dark energy New physics Applications Full archive Follow Search A joint Fermilab SLAC publication LHC experiments first to observe rare process 05 13 15 A joint result from the CMS and LHCb experiments precludes or limits several theories of new particles or . forces Maximilien Brice , CERN Two experiments at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN have combined their results and observed a previously unseen subatomic . process As published in the journal Nature this week , a joint analysis by the CMS and LHCb collaborations has established a new and extremely rare decay of the B s particle a heavy composite particle consisting of a bottom antiquark and a strange quark into two muons . Theorists had predicted that this decay would

  • Italian neutrino experiment to move to the US symmetry magazine

    Updated: 2021-03-22 01:52:23
    Skip to main content Topics Higgs boson Neutrinos Dark matter Dark energy New physics Applications Full archive Follow Search A joint Fermilab SLAC publication Italian neutrino experiment to move to the US 04 22 15 By Kathryn Jepsen The world's largest liquid-argon neutrino detector will help with the search for sterile neutrinos at Fermilab . nbsp INFN Mysterious particles called neutrinos seem to come in three varieties . However , peculiar findings in experiments over the past two decades make scientists wonder if a fourth is lurking just out of . sight To help solve this mystery , a group of scientists spearheaded by Nobel laureate Carlo Rubbia plans to bring ICARUS , the world's largest liquid-argon neutrino detector , across the Atlantic Ocean to the United States . The detector is

  • breaking symmetry magazine

    Updated: 2021-03-22 01:52:23
    Skip to main content Topics Higgs boson Neutrinos Dark matter Dark energy New physics Applications Full archive Follow Search A joint Fermilab SLAC publication 04 21 15 Mu2e breaks ground on experiment Scientists seek rare muon conversion that could signal new . physics 04 15 15 AMS results create cosmic ray puzzle New results from the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer experiment defy our current understanding of cosmic . rays 04 14 15 LSST construction begins The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope will take the most thorough survey ever of the Southern . sky 04 13 15 DES releases dark matter map The Dark Energy Survey's detailed maps may help scientists better understand galaxy . formation 04 10 15 LHC breaks energy record The Large Hadron Collider has beaten its own world record for accelerating

  • breaking symmetry magazine

    Updated: 2021-03-22 01:52:22
    Skip to main content Topics Higgs boson Neutrinos Dark matter Dark energy New physics Applications Full archive Follow Search A joint Fermilab SLAC publication 03 24 15 LHC will not restart this week Engineers and technicians may need to warm up and recool a section of the accelerator before they can introduce . particles 03 20 15 The LHC does a dry run Engineers have started the last step required before sending protons all the way around the renovated Large Hadron . Collider 03 17 15 Experiments combine to find mass of Higgs The CMS and ATLAS experiments at the Large Hadron Collider joined forces to make the most precise measurement of the mass of the Higgs boson . yet 03 10 15 Scientists find rare dwarf satellite galaxy candidates Newly discovered galaxies could present scientists with

  • breaking symmetry magazine

    Updated: 2021-03-22 01:52:22
    Skip to main content Topics Higgs boson Neutrinos Dark matter Dark energy New physics Applications Full archive Follow Search A joint Fermilab SLAC publication 12 10 14 First LHC magnets prepped for restart A first set of superconducting magnets has passed the test and is ready for the Large Hadron Collider to restart in . spring 12 05 14 Einstein papers go digital More than 5000 documents collected by the Einstein Papers Project are now freely available . online 11 26 14 Needed : citizen scientists for Higgs hunt A new project asks citizen scientists for help finding unknown Higgs boson decays in LHC data from the ATLAS . experiment 11 20 14 CERN frees LHC data Anyone can access collision data from the Large Hadron Collider through the new CERN Open Data . Portal 11 19 14 LHCb experiment

  • breaking symmetry magazine

    Updated: 2021-03-22 01:52:22
    Skip to main content Topics Higgs boson Neutrinos Dark matter Dark energy New physics Applications Full archive Follow Search A joint Fermilab SLAC publication 09 29 14 CERN turns 60 CERN celebrates six decades of peaceful collaboration for . science 09 22 14 Cosmic dust proves prevalent Space dust accounts for at least some of the possible signal of cosmic inflation the BICEP2 experiment announced in March . How much remains to be . seen 09 18 14 Pursuit of dark matter progresses at AMS A possible sign of dark matter will eventually become clear , according to promising signs from the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer . experiment 08 27 14 First measurement of sun’s real-time energy The Borexino neutrino experiment in Italy found that the sun releases the same amount of energy today as it did

  • breaking symmetry magazine

    Updated: 2021-03-22 01:52:22
    Skip to main content Topics Higgs boson Neutrinos Dark matter Dark energy New physics Applications Full archive Follow Search A joint Fermilab SLAC publication 06 23 14 Higgs boson shows scientists new tricks A new result from the Large Hadron Collider strengthens the case that the Higgs interacts with both types of particles in the Standard . Model 06 12 14 Researchers imagine the accelerators of the future At the LHC Physics Conference in New York , experts looked to the next steps in collider . physics 06 06 14 CERN announces winners of student research competition The winners of the Beam Line for Schools competition will use a beam of particles at CERN to investigate one of the fundamental forces of nature and to test a home-built . device 06 06 14 LHCb glimpses possible sign of new

  • breaking symmetry magazine

    Updated: 2021-03-22 01:52:22
    Skip to main content Topics Higgs boson Neutrinos Dark matter Dark energy New physics Applications Full archive Follow Search A joint Fermilab SLAC publication 04 30 14 Possible expansion for South Pole detector Physicists hope to seek out the source of cosmic neutrinos by expanding the IceCube neutrino detector to 10 times its current . size 04 14 14 CERN’s LHCb experiment sees exotic particle An analysis using LHC data verifies the existence of an exotic four-quark . hadron 04 11 14 Tufte’s Feynman sculptures come to Fermilab Edward Tufte , celebrated statistician and master of informational graphics , transforms physics notations into works of . art 04 10 14 From quark soup to ordinary matter Scientists have gained new insight into how matter can change from a hot soup of particles to

  • breaking symmetry magazine

    Updated: 2021-03-22 01:52:21
    Skip to main content Topics Higgs boson Neutrinos Dark matter Dark energy New physics Applications Full archive Follow Search A joint Fermilab SLAC publication 03 03 14 Particle Fever’ opens in the US Particle Fever a documentary that follows scientists involved in research at the Large Hadron Collider , opens this week in select theaters across the United . States 02 28 14 CDMS result covers new ground in search for dark matter The Cryogenic Dark Matter Search has set more stringent limits on light dark . matter 02 24 14 Scientists complete the top quark puzzle Fermilab's CDF and DZero experiments have discovered the last predicted way to produce the top quark , the heaviest elementary . particle 02 21 14 Black widow’ pulsars consume their mates With a deadly embrace , spidery' pulsars

  • breaking symmetry magazine

    Updated: 2021-03-22 01:52:21
    Skip to main content Topics Higgs boson Neutrinos Dark matter Dark energy New physics Applications Full archive Follow Search A joint Fermilab SLAC publication 01 13 14 Scientists pinpoint very peculiar’ pulsar Scientists studying five years of data from the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope have found the first gamma-ray variable pulsar . But is it really what it seems 01 09 14 Former CMS deputy takes reins of experiment Tiziano Camporesi becomes head of the CMS experiment as UC Santa Barbara physicist Joe Incandela's term comes to a . close 01 08 14 Astrophysicists use lens to study black-hole jet Using an entire galaxy as a lens to look at an object in the far distance , researchers are learning more about powerful jets emitted when matter falls into a black . hole 12 20 13 Physicists

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  • symmetry team symmetry magazine

    Updated: 2021-03-22 01:52:21
    Skip to main content Topics Higgs boson Neutrinos Dark matter Dark energy New physics Applications Full archive Follow Search A joint Fermilab SLAC publication Symmetry is your view into the world of particle physics Hear the latest news , meet the people behind the science , and get the background information you need to gain fluency in the language of particle . physics Symmetry is a joint publication of Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory Symmetry receives funding through the US Department of Energy symmetry team Editor-in-Chief Kathryn Jepsen Deputy Editor Sarah Charley Senior Editors Angela Anderson Glennda Chui Staff Writers Lauren Biron Nathan Collins Manuel Gnida Ali Sundermier Intern Brianna Barbu Publishers Jacquie Bucher , Fermilab

  • Magnetar SGR J1935+2154 investigated in detail

    Updated: 2021-03-16 13:50:01
    Using various ground-based facilities worldwide, an international team of astronomers has carried out long-term multi-frequency radio observations of a galactic magnetar known as SGR J1935+2154. Results of the observational campaign, published March 10 on arXiv.org, shed more light on the properties of radio emission from this source.

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