It is something like the "Holy Grail" of physics: unifying particle physics and gravitation. The world of tiny particles is ...

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This story is part of Short Wave's series Space Camp about all the weird, wonderful things happening in the universe. Check out the rest of the series. What does it take to launch into space? Other ...

Physicists have determined that most of the universe is dark matter -- invisible to us but affecting the universe anyway.

In a new study published in Nature Physics, researchers have demonstrated that quantum light, particularly bright squeezed ...

A “muon shot” aims to study the basic forces of the cosmos. But meager federal budgets could limit its ambitions. By Dennis Overbye and Katrina Miller Friday, Dec. 8: This story was updated to include ...