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01/30/19
Scientific American

The universe's fate rests on the Hubble constant—which has so far eluded astronomers

Scientists keep getting conflicting calculations of the expansion rate of the universe, but a new technique could help.

01/28/19

Data scientists face off in LSST machine-learning competition

Data scientists trained computers to pick out useful information from LSST’s hi-res snapshots of the universe.

01/22/19
ScienceNews

Physicists aim to outdo the LHC with this wish list of particle colliders

If built, the accelerators could pump out oodles of Higgs bosons.

01/15/19
CERN

International collaboration publishes concept design for a post-LHC future circular collider at CERN

The Future Circular Collider collaboration has submitted its Conceptual Design Report for publication.

01/09/19
Quanta

Missing galaxies? Now there’s too many

Astronomers couldn’t find enough satellite galaxies orbiting the Milky Way. Now they have the opposite problem.

01/08/19

Dark Energy Survey completes six-year mission

Scientists have only just begun to study the remarkably detailed map they created of a portion of the sky.

01/02/19
Nature

Japan’s pioneering detector set to join hunt for gravitational waves

LIGO’s Asian cousin will this year deploy ambitious technology to improve sensitivity in the search for these faint, cosmic ripples.

12/21/18
New York Times

Inside CERN’s Large Hadron Collider

Tour the Large Hadron Collider in virtual reality.

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Taking a collider to the dark energy problem

02/14/19
By Sarah Charley

Every second, the universe grows a little bigger. Scientists are using the LHC to try to find out why.

The Smiley Microscope by Sam Tse
12/20/18

Lab Libs

Fill in the blanks for some physics fun.

(Left to Right) Elle Roylance, Fred Okongo, Anahi Yerman, Tino, Victor Tuang
12/13/18

Program offers students a refuge in STEM

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.

Proton Smash
10/30/18

They did the smash – they did the Proton Smash

Add some science to your Halloween!

Illustration of an explorer following steps down into the Standard Model
10/25/18

Already beyond the Standard Model

We already know neutrinos break the mold of the Standard Model. The question is: By how much?

An illustration of various science experiments
10/23/18

The building boom

These international projects, selected during the process to plan the future of US particle physics, are all set to come online within the next 10 years.

An illustration of the standard model
10/18/18

Five mysteries the Standard Model can’t explain

Our best model of particle physics explains only about 5 percent of the universe.

An illustration of a man riding a mouse pointer through a galaxy of data
10/16/18

Studying the stars with machine learning

To keep up with an impending astronomical increase in data about our universe, astrophysicists turn to machine learning.

Photo of a scientist holding up a detector component
10/16/18

Looking for dark matter using quantum technology

Fermilab scientists are harnessing quantum technology in the search for dark matter.

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