Paul Sutter

There are some odd little particles out there that are bound by the strong nuclear force, but physicists can barely get a glimpse of them before they flit out of existence.

Wherever they are, they sure are good at hiding.

All you need are a couple of black holes and some cosmic strings. No biggie.

A giant linear collider the size of Manhattan could finally help us find new physics, scientists argue.

Several giant experiments are hunting for neutrinos, the tiniest, most-elusive particles in the universe.

Tiny ripples called magnons could lure even a fleeting, lightweight dark matter particle out of hiding.

If this fundamental symmetry of the universe doesn’t hold, it could break open new physics.

The universe really likes its information. It doesn't like to create new information, and it doesn't like to destroy any of its existing information.

Without the Higgs, the Standard Model of particle physics comes crashing down.

Why avoid the cosmic void?

Max Planck had no idea where his solution would lead

Physicists thought this was impossible, until now.

The Force is (super) strong with these quarks.

...and break the laws of physics.

Here's how the biggest thing in the universe could reveal secrets of the smallest things.

I'm a particle that really isn't; I vanish before I can even be detected, yet can be seen. I break your understanding of physics but don't overhaul your knowledge. Who am I?

A recent search for oddball supersymmetric particles, which could explain some of the weirdness of the universe, came up empty-handed.

The top quark is about 100 trillion times heavier than the up quark. But why?

Mad scientists through the ages have dreamed of holding the world hostage by threatening to destroy the whole thing. Here's how that could work.

These tiny subatomic particles, showering down from the depths of space, continue to surprise (and annoy) physicists chasing them.

For the precocious hunter of off-Earth life, the Drake equation is the ever-ready, go-to toolkit for estimating just how (not) lonely humans are in the Milky Way galaxy. But it's not useful.

Right now, as you read this very text, your DNA is getting sliced up by tiny, invisible bullets.

As good skeptics, we shouldn't immediately believe general relativity's tangle of mathematics at first blush. Instead, we need evidence. Good evidence.

As good skeptics, we shouldn't immediately believe general relativity's tangle of mathematics at first blush. Instead, we need evidence. Good evidence.

At 13.8 billion years ago, our entire observable universe was the size of a peach and had a temperature of over a trillion degrees.