At the turn of the century, it sounded as if string theory could give us big answers about the universe. Well… has it?

A recent experiment at Fermilab has delivered intriguing results that challenge standard predictions, adding fuel to the ...

From Fundamental Concepts to Dynamical Mechanisms, by Wolfgang Bietenholz and Uwe-Jens Wiese, Cambridge University Press.

For decades, it was assumed that the expansion of the universe was accelerating—a theory that won the Nobel Prize. Now, ...

In A Nutshell When two different types of cosmic strings become linked in the early universe, they form stable knots that ...

The scientists, from Spain and Germany, say the current standard model of physics cannot explain everything we see in the universe ...

Researchers at CERN may be on the verge of explaining the universe’s missing gamma rays and hidden magnetic fields.

On July 4, 2012, researchers at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in Switzerland announced with great fanfare that they had ...

A new theory claims dark matter and dark energy don’t exist — they’re just side effects of the universe’s changing forces. By ...

The geometry of space, where physical laws unfold, may also hold answers to some of the deepest questions in fundamental ...

The briefing book of the 2026 update of the European Strategy for Particle Physics was published in October. Paris Sphicas ...

Scientists from around the world are at Brown to discuss what is known, and what needs to be learned, about the long-sought particle discovered a decade ago.