Physics
Particle Physicists Discover Lowest Energy “Bottomonium” Particle
Particle physicists working with the BaBar detector at Stanford Linear Accelerator Center have discovered a new particle in the bottomonium…
Large Hadron Collider Could Generate Dark Matter
One of the biggest questions that occupy particle physicists and cosmologists alike is: what is dark matter? We know that…
Forget Neutron Stars, Quark Stars Might be the Densest Bodies in the Universe
So neutron stars may not be the densest exotic objects in the cosmos after all. Recent observations of ultra-luminous supernovae…
Newsflash: The LHC Won’t Punch a Hole in the Earth After All…
Its official: We're not going to be blown up, smothered in stranglets, sucked into a black hole or turned into…
Can a Wormhole Generate its Own Magnetic Field?
Wormholes are a strange consequence of Einstein's theory of general relativity. These "shortcuts" through the fabric of space and time…
How do you Model the Earth’s Magnetic Field? Build your own Baby Planet…
The Earth's magnetic field is quite a mystery. How is it generated? How does it remain so stable? We have…
Warm Coronal Loops May Hold the Key to Hot Solar Atmosphere
Coronal loops, the elegant and bright structures threading through the solar surface and into the solar atmosphere, are key to…
Temperature Conditions of a Supernova Recreated in UK Laboratory
Scientists are one step closer to attaining the ultimate goal: producing temperatures high enough to sustain fusion, the reaction that…
Stars Orbiting Close to Black Holes Flattened like Hot Pancakes
Playing with black holes is a risky business, especially for a star that is unlucky enough to be orbiting one.…
Digging for Dark Matter: The Large Underground Xenon (LUX) Detector
How do you catch a WIMP? No, I'm not talking about bullying the weakest kid in class, I'm talking about…