All four main LHC experiments have found new signs that oxygen and neon collisions may create the extreme state of matter ...

The 2026 Fields Medal winners have been announced, with China's Yu Deng making history as the country's first recipient. Here's who won, why the award matters, and what the four mathematicians ...

Plastic is not just in the ocean — it is in our food, water, air, clothes, cookware, and personal care products. Micro and ...

Auroras could be visible in regions north of 60 degrees latitude. Here's what you need to know.

What if the Higgs boson found in 2012 is not alone but is the only sibling we have encountered so far? Scientists at CERN discovered the particle that year, and it was a major discovery because it ...

Scientists have identified an accelerator that produces the highest-energy protons in our galaxy, a finding that could clarify the nature of the fast-moving particles filling the space between stars.

University of Chicago mathematics Prof. Yu Deng has received the Fields Medal for his contributions toward placing the laws ...

Eliezer Rabinovici reflects on the 4th International Symposium on the History of Particle Physics, and on the two decades ...

ALICE has measured the elliptic flow of the hypertriton for the first time, finding that it follows the collective motion of ...

A minor geomagnetic storm is expected to create favorable conditions for the aurora borealis. Skywatchers in parts of Canada ...

Cosmic rays are high-speed particles created by supernova explosions and other space interactions, carrying elements that can ...

Our galaxy, the Milky Way, is a fairly large one in our part of the universe. In part, its size is thanks to several minor ...