Physicists are always searching for new theories to improve our understanding of the universe and resolve big unanswered ...

For 20 years, one of the most promising signs of new physics has been a tiny inconsistency in the magnetism of a particle ...

Astronomers detected both X-ray and radio pulses from a single mysterious space object, known as ASKAP J1832-0911, every 44 ...

Everything you see - from your screen to distant galaxies - is made of just three particles: protons, neutrons, and electrons. But there’s a cosmic problem: we’ve found virtually no antimatter, ...

When Lightning Strikes, So Do Gamma Rays. On January 30, 2023, at 01:13 AM local time, lightning struck Tower 1. A downward ...

What happens right before two bolts of lightning smash into each other? An invisible blast of radiation a million times more ...

These antimatter particles become a small fraction of the larger population of cosmic rays, which are charged particles that stream through the wider universe. Every second of every day ...

"[A] positron is what we call antimatter," Shao said. "It's the same as [an] electron, but it has a positive charge instead of a negative one.” The presence of positrons in cosmic ray showers ...

Scientists have recently uncovered compelling evidence of antimatter in cosmic rays, which may offer a glimpse into the existence of an entirely new class of particles that have never been ...

While there is antimatter in space — as we shall see, it pays us a visit in cosmic rays — on Earth, scientists have only been able to produce about 20 billionths of a gram worth of antimatter.