Two studies fill in gaps about the cosmos’s ordinary matter. One maps it all, even the “missing matter.” The other details one of its hiding spots.

Far lighter than other ions collided at the LHC, oxygen (and neon) could tell us about conditions in the early universe.

Predicted by Einstein and dismissed as undetectable, gravitational waves were finally heard in 2016. Now, with observatories ...

The precursors of heavy elements might arise in the plasma underbellies of swollen stars or in smoldering stellar corpses.

Scientists from CERN have measured the speed of sound in the quark-gluon plasmas with record precision, a key step to ...

India's National Quantum Mission aims to achieve quantum supremacy through theoretical brilliance and mission execution, much ...

What happens when the smallest building blocks of matter refuse to play by the rules of traditional physics? For decades, ...

The invisible dark matter is one of the universe's biggest mysteries, and its existence is confirmed only by the ...

Scientists are using trapped ions in experiments to search for signs of a new particle that could help explain the mysterious ...

In a study published in Physical Review Letters, scientists at GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung have discovered ...

Not that anyone asked, but uranium enrichment is certainly a newsworthy topic where a little science might be helpful. Here's ...