What makes up the matter we perceive in the universe? To start, there are the usual suspects, like electrons, protons, quarks and neutrinos. But if those particles aren't strange enough for you, I'm ...
Quantum theory and Einstein's theory of general relativity are two of the greatest successes in modern physics. Each works ...
The particles that are in an atom: protons, neutrons and electrons The particles that are in protons and neutrons: quarks The four fundamental forces: gravity, electromagnetism, the strong force and ...
The fundamental nature of living things challenges assumptions that physicists have held for centuries.
(CNN) — Scientists are trying to solve a decade-long mystery by determining the identity of anomalous signals detected from below ice in Antarctica. The strange radio waves emerged during a search for ...
High above Antarctica, a series of NASA research balloons picked up radio signals that should not exist, at least not according to the standard playbook of particle physics. The data point to ...