On June 11, the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine announced the result of a three-year study to set a ...

Experts believe the universe may have a built-in 'self-destruct button' called false vacuum decay which could destroy the ...

The universe has always seemed like a grand, unstoppable machine. From theories such as the Big Crunch to the long, cold ...

A team of scientists is proposing a bold alternative to the Big Bang theory, suggesting that our universe may have formed ...

On July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence, proclaiming that the United States was no ...

After six years of collecting data, the muon g-2 experiment released its results and could chart a new path for particle physics.

Far lighter than other ions collided at the LHC, oxygen (and neon) could tell us about conditions in the early universe.

The idea of a particle that races faster than light has long fascinated physicists. Known as the tachyon, it was originally ...

Next week, physicists will meet in Venice to discuss the future of European particle physics research. Early in his career, ...

Researchers, in a recent Physical Review Letters paper, introduce a new mechanism that may finally allow ultralight dark ...

Nearly 50 years ago, physicists floated a bold idea: our universe might be stuck in a false vacuum. This state feels stable, ...