Photons, for centuries both a puzzle and a tool, continue to help scientists illuminate nature at the smallest and largest scales.

With survey operations set to begin this fall, the Rubin control room at SLAC will serve as a key hub for training and remote observing support for the NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory.

In addition to revealing characteristics of mysterious particles called neutrinos, the massive DUNE experiment could help astronomers find a supernova right as it begins.

New technologies are enabling scientists to tackle previously elusive physics problems.

A team of young scientists paused their new physics searches to develop an innovative machine-learning tool, which is now helping them narrow in on a rare and messy decay of the Higgs boson.

For more than two decades, amateur photographer Dale Carter has documented the physicists who come to the Black Hills for their research.

Scientists on the ATLAS experiment explored the polarization of W bosons to test the Higgs mechanism and gain a deeper understanding of the first moments after the Big Bang.

On July 21, 2000, the DONUT collaboration at Fermilab announced the detection of tau neutrinos for the first time. Here are a few ideas for celebrating 25 years of the most elusive of elusive particle...

The CMS and ATLAS experiments at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider have observed an unforeseen feature in the behaviour of top quarks that suggests that these heaviest of all elementary particles form a fl...

The world’s largest digital camera brings the night sky to life like never before.

Next week, physicists will meet in Venice to discuss the future of European particle physics research.

Astronomers use brokers to identify which signals to pursue in an endless stream of alerts.

NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory, funded by the US National Science Foundation and US Department of Energy's Office of Science, will add an unprecedented amount of cosmological data to the study of t...

The experiment's third and final result, based on the last three years of data, is in perfect agreement with previous results, further solidifying the experimental world average.

With big outstanding questions and little hints of new physics, physicists are now rethinking some of their most fundamental assumptions.

In a recent study, ALICE scientists measured the way that lead ions colliding in the LHC sometimes transform into gold and other new nuclei.

There’s a new class of cosmic object in town. And it might just overturn our understanding of black holes and galaxy evolution.

LHCb’s discovery of proton-like particles behaving differently than their antimatter counterparts brings scientists one step closer to finding out why antimatter disappeared in the early universe.

NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory is gearing up to illuminate the universe’s darkest secrets with groundbreaking new technology.

How do you solve a problem like big data?

The long and continuing quest to understand dark energy has entered exciting new territory.

A large and unexpected excess of top quark pairs has the physics community excited, but the interpretation is still up for debate.

The LHCb experiment at CERN has revealed a fundamental asymmetry in the behavior of particles called baryons.

Combining the DESI data with other experiments shows signs that the impact of dark energy may be weakening over time—and the standard model of how the universe works may need an update.

On March 2, 1995, the top quark discovery at Fermilab was announced by scientists on the CDF and DZero collaborations, and the sixth and final quark was added to the Standard Model.

Most students who earn a PhD in physics build careers outside of research. Meet four physicists who went from particle physics research to teaching high school physics and math.

The upgrade to the Large Hadron Collider will allow scientists to better study known phenomena and to search for new ones.

Neutrinos are notoriously aloof, but it’s not entirely their fault.

Documenting the work of building the world’s largest neutrino experiment presents photographers with a unique set of challenges.

Once a year, the Large Hadron Collider smashes lead ions. But how do scientists get a heavy metal into a particle accelerator?

SNOLAB scientists meticulously measure the signals that interfere with sensitive physics experiments.

NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory has just successfully completed a series of full-system tests using an engineering test camera.

A proposed funding program for small- and medium-scale projects reveals insights into the science, logistical challenges, and future of particle physics research.

About 30 years ago an "ideas guy" and a team builder joined forces to search for the invisible bulk of existence.

Writer Chetna Krishna follows CERN’s “coolest” transport, a test of a system to ship stored antimatter across the continent.

The 16-part course, currently in its pilot phase, is catered to high school students but available to anyone interested in learning about the fundamental questions in particle physics.

Some friendly competition led up to the first discovery of entanglement at the Large Hadron Collider.

Researchers used the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument to map how nearly 6 million galaxies cluster across 11 billion years of cosmic history.

A physicist reflects on learning about a hidden figure whose research helped inspire her own.

Student scientist Olivia Valentino shares what it’s like to work on a dark matter detector thousands of feet underground.

Take a tour of the 17 national laboratories across the United States.