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What Happens When Someone Asks a Different Question About the Same Particle
For decades, physicists asked what neutrinos are. One team asked what they could do. This is where those two stories meet.
Massive Underground Water Tank 600 Meters Below Ground: How Scientists Detect Ghost Particles
Introduction: The Hidden World of Neutrinos Beneath the Earth Deep beneath the Earth’s surface, scientists have constructed enormous underground water…
The riddle of ghostly neutrinos is investigated through a massive simulation of the universe
A group of Japanese researchers has created the world's largest cosmic simulation, which includes microscopic "ghost" particles known as neutrinos.
Scientists are reactivating the Large Hadron Collider to learn more about the universe
Using the Large Hadron Collider for a third time, the bright brains at CERN have high expectations of uncovering even more cosmic riddles.
Did our Universe really arise from nothing?
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The more curious we get about the great cosmic unknowns, the more unanswered questions our investigations of the Universe…
While symmetry is appealing, asymmetry is the reason the Universe and life exist
Asymmetries exist in the Universe, which is a wonderful thing. Imperfections are necessary for the existence of stars and, therefore, life.
The Universe is not symmetrical in any way
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Certain symmetries are obeyed by the rules of physics, whereas others are defied.
All of the elements in the Universe are produced in eight different ways
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The periodic chart has over 100 known elements. There are eight different approaches to make them account for…
What if the Universe is a fictitious vacuum?
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The concepts of ‘false vacuum’ and ‘real vacuum’ states are vastly different.
Is it possible to describe the whole history of the universe with only one equation?
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]As the initial Friedmann equation approaches its 99th birthday, it continues to be the only equation that adequately…
Estimate measures information encoded in particles, opens door to practical experiments
Researchers have long suspected a connection between information and the physical universe, with various paradoxes and thought experiments used to explore how…
Astronomers believe that mysterious gamma rays might originate from sleepy black holes
We don’t know where the Universe’s most energetic light and particles come from, therefore they remain a mystery.
In the world's deepest lake, Russia has sunk a neutrino observatory
Baikal-GVD will aid scientists in their research into the origins of the universe. Russian scientists sank a series of detectors between 2,500 and 4,300 feet…
What really is antimatter, and why is it so rare in today's Universe?
Given the amount of matter left in the Universe, some of our antimatter must be missing The qualities of particles and antiparticles are diametrically…
Physicists improve their ability to detect neutrinos in a cosmic haystack
In a “haystack” of particles streaming from space, how do you find a subatomic neutrino? Physicists studying neutrinos with detectors near the Earth’s surface…