Discovered in 2012, the Higgs boson is vital for understanding mass in particle physics, confirming decades of theoretical ...

For more than three decades, the scientific consensus on the composition of the universe has rested on a foundation both elegant and perplexing: that roughly 95% of all that exists is made up of ...

But what have been the most significant physics prizes of the 21st century? I’m including 2000 as part of this century (ignoring pedants who say it didn’t start till 1 January 2001 ). During that time ...

An astrophysicist proposes a new model of the universe without dark matter and energy, but is his radical idea based in fact?

Physicists predict the universe’s expansion will reverse, ending in a dramatic big crunch about 20 billion years from now.

Virtual particles may not be real, but they help physicists track how forces move, and allow for incredibly precise ...

Astronomers have long thought the universe should look generally the same in every direction, but an anomaly in the radiation ...