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Photons light the way

12/01/25

Emily Ayshford

Photons, for centuries both a puzzle and a tool, continue to help scientists illuminate nature at the smallest and largest scales.

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11/19/25

Dark Matter: A Worldwide Search

Something is out there. As far as scientists know, just 15% of the matter in the universe is the ordinary kind we can see. The other 85%, called dark matter, remains beyond detection, invisibly affecting the movements of galaxies and subtly warping our view of the stars.

NOIRLab observing specialists Carlos Morales (left) and Karla Peña (right) in the Rubin summit control room at Rubin’s mountaintop site of Cerro Pachón, Chile.

09/23/25

Remote eyes on the sky: Inside SLAC’s Rubin control room

With survey operations set to begin this fall, the Rubin control room at SLAC will serve as a key hub for training and remote observing support for the NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory.

Conceptual illustration demonstrating neutrino sources

09/16/25

DUNE experiment prepares for supernova watch

In addition to revealing characteristics of mysterious particles called neutrinos, the massive DUNE experiment could help astronomers find a supernova right as it begins.

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08/19/25

Into the quantum realm

New technologies are enabling scientists to tackle previously elusive physics problems.

Conceptual illustration of a Higgs particle doing research while suspended in mid air

08/05/25

‘Impossible’ Higgs boson measurement within reach, thanks to a detour

A team of young scientists paused their new physics searches to develop an innovative machine-learning tool, which is now helping them narrow in on a rare and messy decay of the Higgs boson.

07/29/25

Local photographer captures physics history in the Black Hills

For more than two decades, amateur photographer Dale Carter has documented the physicists who come to the Black Hills for their research.

Physicist Barbara Latacz in the BASE experiment

07/23/25

A quantum leap for antimatter measurements

The demonstration of the first antimatter quantum bit paves the way for substantially improved tests of nature’s fundamental symmetries.

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07/22/25

LHC scientists find relics of early universe living on in particle spins

Scientists on the ATLAS experiment explored the polarization of W bosons to test the Higgs mechanism and gain a deeper understanding of the first moments after the Big Bang.

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