Particle physics

The era of multi-messenger astronomy promises rich rewards—and a steep learning curve.

Universities in sub-Saharan Africa are teaming up to offer free training to students interested in fundamental physics.

A NASA rocket experiment could use the Doppler effect to look for signs of dark matter in mysterious X-ray emissions from space.

In honor of Fermilab’s upcoming 50th birthday, Symmetry presents physics birthday cards.

Data from the BABAR, Belle and LHCb experiments hint at phenomena beyond the Standard Model of particle physics.

How did the proton, photon and other particles get their names?

The Heavy Photon Search at Jefferson Lab is looking for a hypothetical particle from a hidden “dark sector.”

Protons are colliding once again in the Large Hadron Collider.

Sensitive gamma-ray “eye” on NASA’s Fermi space telescope continues to provide unprecedented views of violent phenomena in the cosmos.

A new result from the Daya Bay collaboration reveals both limitations and strengths of experiments studying antineutrinos at nuclear reactors.

Boston University physicist Tulika Bose explains why there's more than one large, general-purpose particle detector at the Large Hadron Collider.

Explore the fourth dimension, from processes that occur in billions of years down to tiny slivers of a second.