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Symmetry: Dark Matter Evades Most Sensitive Detector
In its final run, the LUX experiment increased its sensitivity four-fold, but dark matter remains elusive.
Lost Satellite Revealed Black Hole Stirring Cosmic Brew, Thwarting Star Formation
Before Hitomi died, it sent back X-ray data that explain how turbulent motions may prevent cooling of hot gas.
Learning About the Future from the Distant Past
Computer models predict how the first clumps of matter formed – and what our universe's future holds.
Symmetry: The Neutrino Turns 60
Project Poltergeist led to the discovery of the ghostly particle. Sixty years later, scientists are confronted with more neutrino mysteries than ever before.
Symmetry: 1,000 Meters Below
Meet the world’s deepest underground physics facilities.
Q&A: Hitomi Researchers Talk About the X-ray Satellite’s Tragic End and the Data It Sent Home
KIPAC researchers mourn the loss of the Hitomi spacecraft but are thrilled about the data it was still able to capture.
Symmetry: Following LIGO’s Treasure Maps
Astronomers around the world are looking for visible sources of gravitational waves.
EXO-200 Resumes Its Underground Quest
The upgraded experiment aims to discover if neutrinos are their own antiparticles.
SLAC Researchers Recreate the Extreme Universe in the Lab
Computer simulations and lab experiments help researchers understand the violent universe and could potentially lead to new technologies that benefit humankind.
KIPAC Physicists Help Discover Hidden Dwarf Dark Galaxy
The discovery supports a powerful tool for discovering galaxies that are otherwise too distant to observe, and could lead to advances that improve our understanding of dark matter.
