A recent study by an Australian-American team has provided compelling evidence that FRBs may be caused by merging neutron stars.
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Skip to content Universe Today Space and astronomy news Menu Videos Newsletter Podcast Contact Us Support Us Log in Underwater neutrino detectors take advantage of location to track these fast particles . This is an artist's impression of a KM3NeT installation in the Mediterranean . Chinese scientists hope to build a bigger underwater neutrino telescope in the next few years . Courtesy Edward Berbee Nikhef . Posted on March 30, 2023 March 30, 2023 by Carolyn Collins Petersen Plans are Underway to Build a 30 Cubic Kilometer Neutrino Telescope How do astronomers look for neutrinos These small , massless particles whiz through the universe at very close to the speed of light . They’ve been studied since the 1950s and detecting them provides work for a range of very interesting . observatories
Taking advantage of a phenomenon called gravitational lensing, a team of astronomers has discovered one of the biggest black holes ever found. Light-bending gravity The...
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
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 2022 Higgs boson 10th anniversary A decade ago , scientists on the CMS and ATLAS experiments announced the
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 2022 Dark matter 04 07 20 Dark matter decoys The ADMX experiment trains scientists to deal with real signals
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 2022 02 14 19 Taking a collider to the dark energy problem Every second , the universe grows a little bigger .
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 2022 03 24 20 Scientists search for origin of proton mass Only 1 of the mass of the proton comes from the
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 2022 03 29 21 The data wranglers A degree in particle physics or astrophysics can lead to a career in data .
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 2022 12 06 22 Physics books of 2022 This year's list includes a book about an eminent physicist striving to
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 sees first low-energy collisions 05 05 15 By Sarah Charley The Large Hadron Collider is back in the business of colliding . particles ATLAS collaboration Today low-energy protons met in the hearts of the four Large Hadron Collider experiments . These test collisions will help the ALICE , ATLAS , CMS and LHCb collaborations calibrate their detectors in preparation for the high-energy collisions scheduled for early . June Our detectors need to be able to distinguish between two particles separated by about the width of a human hair , rdquo says Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory researcher Greg Rakness , run coordinator for the
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
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 
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
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
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
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
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