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Surprise! Protons Contain a Subatomic Particle That’s Heavier Than the Proton Itself
Popular Mechanics via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoNew research shows that protons contain intrinsic charm quarks. This is despite the fact that...
Peter Higgs, scientist who discovered the ‘god particle’, dies at 94
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 month agoPeter Higgs, the “truly gifted scientist” who demonstrated the existence of the subatomic particle,...
Exotic new state of matter discovered by squishing subatomic particles into an ultradense crystal
Live Science via Yahoo News· 11 months agoBy shining a strong beam of light through two chemical compounds, scientists discovered a unique new...
Oh, the huge manatee: A natural particle accelerator quadrillions of kilometers long
SYFY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSo, a gaseous manatee 650 light-years across is shooting out extremely high-speed subatomic...
A Metal Block and a Beam Could Finally Unveil the Universe’s Hidden Particles
Popular Mechanics via AOL· 1 week agoCERN Approves Project for Finding Hidden Particlestolokonov - Getty Images While the Standard Model,...
Weird particle physics stories that blew our minds in 2023
Space via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThe brightest gamma-ray burst ever seen as observed by the Swift X-Ray Telescope around an hour...
Scientists find the lightest neutron star ever – and it is incredibly ‘strange’
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoScientists have discovered the lightest Neutron star ever, a small, extremely dense stellar object...
UW-led team of astrophysicists identifies invisible ‘ghost particles’ in Milky Way using AI
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 10 months agoAstrophysicists have long predicted that the Milky Way is a source of ghostly particles called...
NASA telescope discovers mysterious hotspot of high-energy particles beyond our galaxy
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 4 months agoAn artist's interpretation of a gamma-ray burst.DESY, Science Communication Lab Astronomers...
Fermilab’s new measurement of subatomic muon particle challenges standard physics theories
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 9 months agoImagine trying to prove that 1+1=2, but when you do the calculations, it turns out that the result...