Our galactic neighborhood
What can our cosmic neighbors tell us about dark matter and the early universe?
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Winners declared in SUSY bet
Physicists exchanged cognac in Copenhagen at the conclusion of a bet about supersymmetry and the LHC.
Six reasons to get excited about neutrinos
From Physics Today, Aug. 23, 2016: Here are six reasons to believe that neutrinos might provide the window into new physics that the LHC has not.
Five facts about the Big Bang
It’s the cornerstone of cosmology, but what is it all about?
China, Japan, CERN: Who will host the next LHC?
From Nature, Aug. 19, 2016: The next steps for particle physics now seem less certain, as discussions at the International Conference on High Energy Physics (ICHEP) suggest. Much hinges on whether the LHC unearths phenomena that fall outside the standard model of particle physics and whether China’s plans to build an LHC successor move forward.
The $100 muon detector
A doctoral student and his adviser designed a tabletop particle detector they hope to make accessible to budding young engineering physicists.
The physics photographer
Fermilab’s house photographer of almost 30 years, Reidar Hahn, shares four of his most iconic shots.
New data give clearer picture of Higgs boson
From Science News, Aug. 11, 2016: Particle physicists, including Fermilab Director Nigel Lockyer, scrutinize latest LHC results to refine knowledge of the Higgs boson’s properties.
3-D galaxy-mapping project enters construction phase
From Berkeley Lab, Aug. 9, 2016: DESI, the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument, will measure light from 35 million galaxies to provide new clues about dark energy. Fermilab is a collaborator on the Berkeley Lab project.
The contents of the universe
How do scientists know what percentages of the universe are made up of dark matter and dark energy? Cosmologist Risa Wechsler of the Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology explains. Watch the 3-minute video.