[/caption] In order for astronomers to explore the outer reaches of our universe, they rely upon the assumption that the…
The idea of the “Theory of Everything” is enticing – that we could somehow explain all that is. String theory…
[/caption] Atoms are made of protons, neutrons and electrons. If you cram them together and heat them up you get…
[/caption] Cosmologists – and not particle physicists -- could be the ones who finally measure the mass of the elusive…
[/caption] The strength of the magnetic fields here on Earth, on the Sun, in inter-planetary space, on stars in our…
In 1993, the Hubble Space Telescope snapped a close-up of the nucleus of the Andromeda galaxy, M31, and found that…
Physicists at the CERN research center collided sub-atomic particles in the Large Hadron Collider on Tuesday at the highest speeds…
[/caption] CERN announced that on March 30 they will attempt to circulate beams in the Large Hadron Collider at 3.5…
[/caption] Published in 1915, Einstein's theory of general relativity (GR) passed its first big test just a few years later,…
[/caption] In a manner somewhat like the formation of an alliance to defeat Darth Vader's Death Star, more than a…