The detector with a billion sensors that may finally snare dark matter
Dark matter must exist, but has evaded all attempts to find it. Now comes our…
Physics
Soap bubbles can split light into otherworldly branching streams
By Leah Crane Light behaving strangelyAnatoly Patsyk, Uri Sivan, Mordechai Segev & Miguel A. Bandres Shine…
Why neutrinos are the strangest particles in the Standard Model
We still don’t know what the mass of a neutrino is, which means there is…
China’s quantum satellite helps send secure messages over 1200km
By Leah Crane Ground stations use lasers to link with the Micius quantum satelliteJin Liwang/Xinhua/Alamy…
Exotic fifth state of matter made on the International Space Station
By Jonathan O’Callaghan Astronaut Christina Koch installing the Cold Atom Laboratory on the ISSNASA/JSC AN…
Taming nuclear fusion is hard, but there are new reasons for optimism
EUROfusion EVEN Boris Johnson has got in on the act. UK scientists were on the…
Why cracking nuclear fusion will depend on artificial intelligence
The promise of clean, green nuclear fusion has been touted for decades, but the rise…
Why the universe I invented is right – but still not the final answer
Nobel prizewinner Jim Peebles introduced dark matter and dark energy into our standard model of…
Why it’s better to fall into a big black hole, and other bizarre facts
Black holes exert a powerful pull on our imagination, but their weirdness starts way before…
The surprising benefits of contemplating the death of the universe
Cosmologist Katie Mack spends her days pondering the end of everything. Whether the cosmos dies…