Spencer Axani, assistant professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, is the inventor of CosmicWatch, a portable, low-cost particle detector that tracks muons, invisible particles that ...

Exotic hypothetical particles known as axions could be produced inside a nuclear reactor, something The Big Bang Theory’s ...

Scientists are a step closer to solving one of the universe’s biggest mysteries as new research finds evidence that two of ...

The particle in question, known as a sterile neutrino, was supposed to only interact with gravity and have zero interactions ...

Scientists have discovered a new type of astronomical object, calling the strange entity a 'window into the dark universe'.

Imagine if we could collect the energy out of thin air. And I mean it quite literally.You know how you were taught that a ...

An atom is the smallest unit of an element that retains its chemical properties. It is made of protons, neutrons, and electrons. (Image: M ...

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An international team led by Chinese astronomers has unveiled a new image of the supermassive black hole at the center of elliptical galaxy Messier 87, or M87, featuring its accretion disk and the ...

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A new study questions dark energy's role in the universe's acceleration, suggesting it may be weakening instead.

Particle and nuclear physics evokes evokes images of huge accelerators probing the extremes of matter. But in this round-up ...