How did the universe come into being? There are a multitude of theories on this subject. In a Physical Review Letters paper, ...

Seven years ago, a huge magnet was transported over 3,200 miles (5,150km) across land and sea, in the hope of studying a subatomic particle called a muon. Muons are closely related to electrons, which ...

When machine learning is used to suggest new potential scientific insights or directions, algorithms sometimes offer ...

There may be a fifth fundamental force of the universe that we haven’t documented yet — and, according to new research, our best bet of uncovering it may not lie in deep space, but in objects ...

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The weak nuclear force doesn't play by the normal rules — and, in fact, it breaks one of the biggest rules of all.

Physics, especially the part about forces and motion, often feels like a maze of confusing concepts and formulas. If you’ve ever stared at a problem about an object moving or a force acting and ...

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 ...