The elusive Higgs particle has the power to undo physics as we know it. The fact that it hasn't could have big implications about the nature of the universe. When you purchase through links on our ...

How did the universe come into being? There are a multitude of theories on this subject. In a Physical Review Letters paper, ...

Physicists have scaled down the maximum possible mass of an elusive "ghost particle" called a neutrino to at least one-millionth the weight of an electron. The revision takes scientists one more step ...

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Why didn’t the universe annihilate itself moments ...

A “muon shot” aims to study the basic forces of the cosmos. But meager federal budgets could limit its ambitions. By Dennis Overbye and Katrina Miller Friday, Dec. 8: This story was updated to include ...