Physics
Has the Cosmology Standard Model become a Rube Goldberg Device?
This week at the Royal Astronomical Society's National Astronomy Meeting in the UK, physicists are challenging the evidence for the…
First Precise Measurement of Antihydrogen
The best science — the questions that capture and compel any human being — is enshrouded in mystery. Here’s an…
Physicists Pave the Way to Turn Light into Matter
E = mc². It’s one of the most basic and fundamental equations throughout astrophysics. But it does more than suggest…
Watch Live Webcast: Secrets of the Universe’s First Light
Just a month ago came the news of the first direct evidence of primordial gravitational waves — ripples in the…
How CERN’s Discovery of Exotic Particles May Affect Astrophysics
You may have heard that CERN announced the discovery (confirmation, actually. See addendum below.) of a strange particle known as Z(4430). A…
Cosmologists Cast Doubt on Inflation Evidence
It was just a week ago that the news blew through the scientific world like a storm: researchers from the…
Twin NASA Probes Find “Zebra Stripes” in Earth’s Radiation Belt
Earth's inner radiation belt displays a curiously zebra-esque striped pattern, according to the latest findings from NASA's twin Van Allen…
That Moment When the “Father of Inflation” Learns of the Detection of Gravitational Waves
Andrei Linde, a professor in the Department of Physics at Stanford University, is one of the main authors of the…
Rumors Flying Nearly as Fast as Their Subject: Have Gravitational Waves Been Detected?
Last week the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) stated rather nonchalantly that they will be hosting a press conference on…
Happy Pi Day: 5 Ways NASA Uses Pi
Got circles on the brain today? It’s Pi Day -- (3/14 for those of us on the west side of…