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Breaking the Speed of Light

[/caption] It's been a tenet of the standard model of physics for over a century. The speed of light is…

13 years ago

Cosmologists Provide Closest Measure of Elusive Neutrino

[/caption] Cosmologists – and not particle physicists -- could be the ones who finally measure the mass of the elusive…

14 years ago

Antineutrino

[/caption] The antineutrino (or anti-neutrino) is a lepton, an antimatter particle, the counterpart to the neutrino. Actually, there are three…

14 years ago

What are WIMPs?

WIMPs are Weakly Interacting Massive Particles, hypothetical particles which may be the main (or only) component of Dark Matter, a…

15 years ago

Supernova 1987A

[/caption] The first supernova in 1987 (that's what the "A" means) was the brightest supernova in several centuries (and the…

15 years ago