New research suggests that relic black holes from before the big bang may still shape galaxies today. These black holes could ...

Now physicists from the University of Washington are taking a big swing at answering that question. All matter exerts gravitational force. The more mass the object has, the greater the force. Yet, a ...

One of the most fun parts of being a parent has to be watching children discover the world around them. After all, children are endlessly curious, and part of the fun is seeing the wonder on ...

In February of 2023, the Cubic Kilometer Neutrino Telescope (KM3NeT) detected a neutrino some 35 times higher in energy than any previous detection. A new study posits that this muon might be the ...

Fine particulate matter comes from wood burning, power generation, motor vehicles and other combustion sources that emit tiny particles into the air. At only 2.5 micrometers or smaller, these ...

Physicists have unveiled a new way to simulate a mysterious form of dark matter that can collide with itself but not with normal matter. This self-interacting dark matter may trigger a dramatic ...

Determining the nature of dark matter, the invisible substance that makes up most of the mass in our universe, is one of the greatest puzzles in physics. New results from the world's most sensitive ...

The SuperCDMS is chilled to right around absolute zero, and its detectors are primed to hunt dark matter particles.

Recent scientific discoveries have unveiled a baffling phenomenon: matter vanishing into thin air. This groundbreaking revelation has sparked intense debate and curiosity within the scientific ...