Physics
Podcast: The Large Hadron Collider and the Search for the Higgs-Boson
When it was first developed, the standard model predicted a collection of particles, and thanks to more and more powerful…
Could Antimatter Be Powering Super-Luminous Supernovae?
Explosions are almost always cool, and supernovae are some of the most spectacular and violent explosions in the Universe. In…
Podcast: The Important Numbers in the Universe
This week we wanted to give you a basic physics lesson. This isn't easy physics, this is a lesson on…
Creating the Conditions Inside Supergiant Planets
We won't be visiting a supergiant planet any time soon. But physicists are about to do the next best thing,…
Here’s a Way to Look for Extra Dimensions
One of the great outstanding questions in science is known as the "theory of everything". What underlying laws of physics…
Finding a Fourth Dimension
Braneworld challenges Einstein's general relativity. Image credit: NASA. Click to enlarge Scientists have been intrigued for years about the possibility…
Podcast: Unlikely Wormholes
Wormholes are a mainstay in science fiction, providing our heroes with a quick and easy way to instantly travel around…
Podcast: Alpha, Still Constant After All These Years
There's a number in the Universe which we humans call alpha - or the fine structure constant. It shows up…
Experiment Will Help Probe “Theory of Everything”
Theorists are working madly to develop the new "Theory of Everything" that will tie together all the forces in the…
New Research Confirms Einstein
Image credit: NASA Einstein's General Theory of Relativity got another confirmation this week thanks to research by an astronomer from…