The search for dark matter may be more complex than assumed, as contradictory clues may point to two forms of the theoretical ...
A new calculation helps narrow down the mass of the W boson, one of the heaviest fundamental particles in the universe ...
When fundamental particles are heavier or lighter than expected, physicists' understanding of the universe can tip into the ...
A bizarre, record-breaking neutrino detected in 2023 may have originated from an exploding primordial black hole—a relic from ...
UC Santa Cruz physicist Stefano Profumo has put forward two imaginative but scientifically grounded theories that may help solve one of the biggest mysteries in physics: the origin of dark matter. In ...
Researchers at IPhT (CEA, CNRS) and the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona have shown that gravity—and with it, ...
A surprising and rare particle decay has left scientists puzzled as kaons, particles made up of quarks, are decaying in ways that defy current physics models. Could this anomaly indicate the existence ...
Quantum theory explains the behavior of matter and energy at the smallest scales, like atoms and subatomic particles. Unlike ...