In 1930, a young physicist named Carl D. Anderson was tasked by his mentor with measuring the energies of cosmic rays—particles arriving at high speed from outer space. Anderson built an improved ...
Recent discoveries in cosmology have left scientists scratching their heads, as they challenge our fundamental understanding of physics. The universe’s expansion rate, the balance between matter and ...
Physicists are rethinking time itself. Long treated as a basic part of the universe, time may instead be an illusion—a side effect of quantum entanglement. A new study challenges the traditional idea ...