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12/05/18
Science News

A controversial sighting of dark matter is looking even shakier

The COSINE-100 experiment finds no evidence of the evasive subatomic particles.

12/04/18
Jet Propulsion Laboratory

The 'camera that saved Hubble' turns 25

Twenty-five years ago this week, NASA held its collective breath as seven astronauts on space shuttle Endeavour caught up with the Hubble Space Telescope 353 miles above Earth.

12/03/18

LHC ends second season of data-taking

During the last four years, LHC scientists have filled in gaps in our knowledge and tested the boundaries of the Standard Model.

12/03/18
MIT News

LIGO and Virgo announce four new gravitational-wave detections

The observatories are also releasing their first catalog of gravitational-wave events.

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Program offers students a refuge in STEM

12/13/18
By Ali Sundermier

REFUGES, started by physicist Tino Nyawelo, aims to give refugees and other underrepresented groups the tools to succeed in STEM.

shelf of books
12/11/18

Physics books of 2018

Symmetry writer Mike Perricone presents his annual compilation of new popular science books related to particle physics and astrophysics.

A close up of part of the scarf
12/06/18

Top quark couture

What do you give a physicist who helped discover a fundamental particle and jump-started your science career?

Illustration of an anthropomorphized proton making a surprised face
12/04/18

LHC Noir

A proton describes its final moments in the Large Hadron Collider.

Image of a woman in glasses standing in front of several screens in a control room
11/30/18

Heavy-ion researchers seize their moment

During the short heavy-ion run at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, every moment counts.

Micky Dolenz
11/15/18

Physics footage from a Monkee

1970s video footage recorded by musician Micky Dolenz when he visited the then-nascent Fermilab is now available on YouTube.

An artists interpretation of gravitational lensing
11/13/18

Gravitational lenses

Predicted by Einstein and discovered in 1979, gravitational lensing helps astrophysicists understand the evolving shape of the universe.

An illustration of Kira Burt including facets of her story
11/08/18

From GED to PhD

Physicist Kira Burt dropped out of school at 16. Now she teaches students that anyone can be a scientist.

An illustration of particles on a celestial seesaw
11/06/18

The quest to test quantum entanglement

Quantum entanglement, doubted by Einstein, has passed increasingly stringent tests.

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