Understanding the unknown universe
The authors of We Have No Idea remind us that there are still many unsolved mysteries in science.
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How blue-sky research shapes the future
While driven by the desire pursue curiosity, fundamental investigations are the crucial first step to innovation.
What ended the dark ages of the universe?
New experiments will help astronomers uncover the sources that helped make the universe transparent.
Hacking for humanity
THE Port humanitarian hackathon at CERN brings people from multiple industries together to make the world a better place.
A primer on gravitational-wave detectors
Physicists are searching for gravitational waves all across the spectrum.
Creating the universe in a computer
Computer simulations help cosmologists unlock the mystery of how the universe evolved.
Turning on the cosmic microphone
A new tool lets astronomers listen to the universe for the first time.
Mommy, Daddy, where does mass come from?
The Higgs field gives mass to elementary particles, but most of our mass comes from somewhere else.
Weighing the lightest particle
Physicists are using one of the oldest laws of nature to find the mass of the elusive neutrino.
Absence of gravitational-wave signal extends limit on knowable universe
Imagine an instrument that can measure motions a billion times smaller than an atom that last a millionth of a second. Fermilab’s Holometer is currently the only machine with the ability to take these very precise measurements of space and time, and recently collected data has improved the limits on theories about exotic objects from the early universe.