Five facts about the Big Bang
It’s the cornerstone of cosmology, but what is it all about?
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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.
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.
LHC bump fades with more data
Possible signs of new particle seem to have washed out in an influx of new data.
The deconstructed Standard Model equation
The Standard Model is far more than elementary particles arranged in a table.
The most important website in particle physics
The first website to be hosted in the U.S. has grown to be an invaluable hub for open science.
A primer on particle accelerators
What’s the difference between a synchrotron and a cyclotron, anyway?
Incredible hulking facts about gamma rays
From lightning to the death of electrons, the highest-energy form of light is everywhere.
LHCb discovers family of tetraquarks
Researchers found four new particles made of the same four building blocks.