Columnist Natalie Wolchover checks in with particle physicists more than a decade after the field entered a profound crisis.

In 2023, a subatomic particle called a neutrino crashed into Earth with such a high amount of energy that it should have been ...

Some of these tiny elementary particles are among the most important particles in the universe. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

The universe's matter-antimatter asymmetry, where matter significantly outweighs antimatter despite their theoretically equal creation at the Big Bang, remains a major unsolved problem in physics.

The elusive Higgs particle has the power to undo physics as we know it. The fact that it hasn't could have big implications about the nature of the universe. When you purchase through links on our ...

Everything we see around us, from the ground beneath our feet to the most remote galaxies, is made of matter. For scientists, that has long posed a problem: According to physicists’ best current ...

Do kaons decay using a new kind of physics? Researchers are trying to explain their anomalous findings. Their larger experiment is an ongoing investigation of CP symmetry. The anomalies could be ...

Physicist Archana Sharma and astrophysicist Geraint Lewis explore the mysteries of the universe, the Higgs boson, and modern physics in conversation with Marcus du Sautoy, presented by Vedanta.- Watch ...