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Do We Live in a Quantum World?At some point, the rules of the subatomic give way to the rules of the macroscopic. But how? We're not exactly sure, and it's been a long, strange journey in trying to answer that question.
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What If Space-Time Were 'Chunky'? It Would Forever Change the Nature of Reality.An ambitious new fleet of spacecraft could reveal whether space-time is smooth or chunky, and in doing so the ultimate nature of reality.
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What's Inside a Black Hole?You're about to take a dip into the inky blackness of a giant black hole and see what's on the other side of that enigmatic event horizon. What will you find inside? Read on, brave explorer.
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Is a New Particle Changing the Fate of the Universe?A brand-new particle has possibly emerged and is altering the future destiny of our entire cosmos, a physicist says.
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These Weirdo Stellar Corpses Have Creamy Centers Filled with Exotic Quantum LiquidsPhysicists have figured out what's lurking inside of white dwarfs, revealing the stellar corpses are creamy and filled with exotic quantum liquids.
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How the Nobel Prize-Winning Exoplanet Was FoundThe 1995 discovery showed that the sun isn't the only star to host a family of planets — something we had long figured but never demonstrated — and also that the universe is really, really weird.
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Physicists Search Universe for Evidence That a Fundamental Force of Nature Is Out of WhackPhysicists are scouring the universe for evidence that one of the fundamental constants of nature, Newton's gravity, is not constant at all.
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Why Was 'Oumuamua So Weird? New Research Tries to Track Its Origins.Obviously, some chain of unfortunate events led to the ejection of 'Oumuamua from its home system. But what could possibly cause such a catastrophe?
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A Strange New Higgs Particle May Have Stolen the Antimatter from Our UniversePhysicists have proposed that a trio of particles called Higgs bosons could be responsible for the mysterious vanishing act of antimatter in the universe.
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Is Interstellar Travel Really Possible?Interstellar flight is a real pain in the neck.
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2 Giant Blobs at the Core of Our Galaxy Are Spewing Radiation. Scientists Don't Know How They Got There.The two giant blobs remain mysterious, nearly a decade after their discovery.
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A 'Quarkonium Spectrum' of Exotic Particles Might Lurk in the Universe, So Why Can't We Find Them?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.
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Are Dark Photons the Secret 'Fifth Force' Holding Our Universe Together?Wherever they are, they sure are good at hiding.
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Physicists Just Released Step-by-Step Instructions for Building a WormholeAll you need are a couple of black holes and some cosmic strings. No biggie.
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A Rail Gun the Size of Manhattan Could Reveal the Secrets of the Higgs BosonA giant linear collider the size of Manhattan could finally help us find new physics, scientists argue.
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'Evil-Genius' Neutrino Gun Could Finally Unmask the Tiniest Particles in the UniverseSeveral giant experiments are hunting for neutrinos, the tiniest, most-elusive particles in the universe.
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These Odd 'Quasiparticles' Could Finally Unmask Dark MatterTiny ripples called magnons could lure even a fleeting, lightweight dark matter particle out of hiding.
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What Is the Black Hole Information Paradox?Opinion 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.
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Physicists Search for Monstrous Higgs Particle. It Could Seal the Fate of the Universe.Opinion Without the Higgs, the Standard Model of particle physics comes crashing down.
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Why 'Cosmic Nothingness' May Hold Secrets of the UniverseWhy avoid the cosmic void?
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Last-Ditch Hack Led to the Invention of Quantum MechanicsOpinion Max Planck had no idea where his solution would lead
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Inside Giant Atom Smasher, Physicists See the Impossible: Light Interacting with LightOpinion Physicists thought this was impossible, until now.
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What Makes the Strong Force So Special?Opinion The Force is (super) strong with these quarks.
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The Quest to Find One of the Most Elusive Particle Decays in the Universe...and break the laws of physics.
