Before atomic elements came together, less than a second after the Big Bang, if particles condensed into halos of matter, ...

A world-famous light experiment from 1801 has now been carried out with sound for the first time. Research by physicists in ...

Artistic representation of the tunnel for the Future Circular Collider (image: PIXELRISE) Particle colliders are unique instruments that allow ...

A new study suggests that during a potential phase of primordial matter domination, particle interactions may have led to the formation of the universe’s first compact cosmic objects. Less than a ...

CERN and its partners in Europe and worldwide are currently working to identify the next collider that would succeed the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) after the latter reaches the end of operations in ...

Science Week with CERN openlab will give students across Ireland the chance to step into the world of particle physics and ...

In September 2024, physicists made a discovery at CERN that could change how we understand the universe. For the first time, ...

A common height that seems normal in our human-scale world. Yet, when we compare it to the smallest and largest conceivable ...

It’s the grand narrative of how optics transformed human vision and understanding of the universe, showing how a simple desire to read better by candlelight eventually led to humanity peering into the ...

Evidence suggests the universe’s expansion has started to slow, not accelerate. The results imply dark energy is weakening ...

Scientists have long held that the universe is expanding at an ever-increasing rate, driven by a mysterious but measurable ...

A century ago, a star in Andromeda named V1 launched a revolution in astronomy, revealing its true immensity and the origin ...