Amid the many mysteries of quantum physics, subatomic particles don't always follow the rules of the physical world. They can exist in two places at once, pass through solid barriers and even ...
Dark matter may consist of two particles, explaining why only the Milky Way shows a strange gamma-ray signal while smaller ...
A mysterious glow of gamma rays at the center of the Milky Way has long hinted at dark matter, but the lack of similar ...
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In the fall of 2022, a Princeton University graduate student named Carolina Figueiredo stumbled onto a massive coincidence. She ...
When fundamental particles are heavier or lighter than expected, physicists' understanding of the universe can tip into the ...