Gamma-ray bursts, the most powerful kinds of explosions known in the cosmos, may help provide a piece of the puzzle when it ...

Kilonova explosions from neutron star collisions may damage atmospheres and threaten life if nearby, according to a new study ...

Protons minimize energy by forming pairs with opposite spin. Same for neutrons. Each pair acts like a particle in its own right. So nuclei act very differently depending on whether they have an even ...

Rhinos that flourished across much of North America 12 million years ago gathered in huge herds, according to a new study by ...

Since its inception in 2008, the LHC (large hadron collider) at CERN has been a key player in pushing the boundaries of ...

At the Canfranc Underground Laboratory in northern Spain, a team of international scientists is building a machine to unravel ...

A pair of top quarks has been detected in the detritus spraying forth from the collision of two atoms of lead.

You might think space is empty. But in the mysterious world of physics, things aren’t always as they seem. Empty space is ...

Rhinos that flourished across much of North America 12 million years ago gathered in huge herds, according to a new study by ...

This year's Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics was awarded to experimentalists at the Large Hadron Collider, where ...

This year’s Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics was awarded to experimentalists at the Large Hadron Collider, where Brown physicists have played key roles in revealing the deepest mysteries of ...

The buildup of static charge often occurs due to friction. At a microscopic level, even smooth surfaces are rough and irregular.