The precursors of heavy elements might arise in the plasma underbellies of swollen stars or in smoldering stellar corpses.

The spiritual view of life is trapped between two opposite words, physics and metaphysics, the study of the physical world and the study of what might lie beyond the physical. Given a choice ...

But axions were pushed aside as the WIMPs hypothesis gained more steam. Back-of-the-envelope calculations showed that the ...

Neutrinos, a type of particle with no charge and the smallest mass of all subatomic particles, are abundant in the universe.

Max Planck really got the ball rolling for quantum physics by introducing the idea of energy coming in tiny packets, or ...

The discovery, made with the LOFAR (LOw Frequency ARray) radio instrument in Europe, indicates that galaxy clusters, which ...

The ANITA experiment has found anomalous radio signals above Antarctica, prompting new investigations into mysterious subatomic particles.

Scientists are on the trail of a mysterious five-particle structure that could challenge one of the biggest theories in ...

What Is the New Subatomic Particle? The new subatomic particle is called the beauty-lambda baryon. It belongs to a group of particles known as baryons, which include protons and neutrons.

Scientists have discovered mysterious radio signals emerging from deep beneath Antarctica's ice - and have no idea what's causing them.