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The algorithms that help scientists sort through a universe of change

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Published: June 10, 2025 14:18

Astronomers use brokers to identify which signals to pursue in an endless stream of alerts.

Dialing gravitational lensing research up to 11

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Published: June 5, 2025 13:00

NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory, funded by the US National Science Foundation and US Department of Energy's Office of Science, will add an unprecedented amount of cosmological data to the study of the structure and expansion of the universe.

Muon g-2 announces most precise measurement of the magnetic anomaly of the muon

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Published: June 3, 2025 12:44

The experiment's third and final result, based on the last three years of data, is in perfect agreement with previous results, further solidifying the experimental world average.

When the universe answers with silence

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Published: May 27, 2025 14:41

With big outstanding questions and little hints of new physics, physicists are now rethinking some of their most fundamental assumptions.

LHC near-miss collisions turn lead into gold

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Published: May 13, 2025 13:00

In a recent study, ALICE scientists measured the way that lead ions colliding in the LHC sometimes transform into gold and other new nuclei.

The freckled universe

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Published: May 6, 2025 15:05

There’s a new class of cosmic object in town. And it might just overturn our understanding of black holes and galaxy evolution.

Spot the difference

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Published: April 29, 2025 15:00

LHCb’s discovery of proton-like particles behaving differently than their antimatter counterparts brings scientists one step closer to finding out why antimatter disappeared in the early universe.

Sharpening our cosmic focus

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Published: April 23, 2025 13:00

NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory is gearing up to illuminate the universe’s darkest secrets with groundbreaking new technology.

Explain it in 60 seconds: big data

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Published: April 15, 2025 14:00

How do you solve a problem like big data?

A new side to dark energy steps into the light

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Published: April 8, 2025 13:00

The long and continuing quest to understand dark energy has entered exciting new territory.

Don’t call it toponium

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Published: April 1, 2025 15:38

A large and unexpected excess of top quark pairs has the physics community excited, but the interpretation is still up for debate.