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Dark energy bombshell sparks race to find a new model of the universe

Sat, 03/05/2025 - 18:38

‘Shocking’ results from a major astronomical study have raised doubts about the standard model of cosmology, forcing scientists to consider new ways of understanding dark energy and gravity

The 'impossible' particle hinting at the universe's biggest secrets

Tue, 29/04/2025 - 10:23

Neutrinos have always been hard to explain – and now the detection of one so energetic it shouldn't exist may help illuminate the strangest corners of the cosmos

‘Dark matter’, 'Big Bang' and ‘spin’: how physics terms can confuse researchers

Wed, 23/04/2025 - 10:32

Nature, Published online: 22 April 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01089-w

In episode three of What's in a name we look at how ideas can be lost in translation when physicists try to name the unknown.

Top quarks spotted at mega-detector could reveal clues to early Universe

Fri, 11/04/2025 - 14:25

Nature, Published online: 10 April 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01075-2

Heaviest known elementary particles and their antimatter counterparts are detected after nuclear smash-ups at the Large Hadron Collider.