Mix cutting-edge physics with overly active imaginations and you get some crazy theories.
The hunt for the Higgs boson begins. Does a revolution in physics await?
As the LHC starts up, what exotic physics does a key scientist hope to discover?
Posted by Ian O'Neill 2 HOURS AGO | 0
One Butterfly Coming Up: For the first time, a butterfly has formed a chrysalis on the International Space Station. The single chrysalis can be seen attached to the habitat in the lower left of the image (National Space Biomedical Research ... Read more
Posted by Ian O'Neill Mon Nov 23, 2009 03:09 PM ET | 0
After the early announcement on Friday that CERN had successfully circulated the first protons around the 17 mile-long ring of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), really early news of the first ever particle collisions inside the LHC has been announced.... Read more
Posted by Jennifer Ouellette Mon Nov 23, 2009 12:05 PM ET | 0
It's practically a cliche these days to compare scientific pursuits to unraveling a mystery, but it's an accurate description of the ongoing search for neutrinos. Neutrinos, the so-called "ghost particles," rarely interact with other particles, which... Read more
Posted by Irene Klotz Mon Nov 23, 2009 12:05 PM ET | 0
Positrons, the antimatter equivalent to electrons, were detected in gamma ray bursts during lightning storms. Read more
Posted Mon Nov 23, 2009 12:18 AM ET | 0
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is a complex piece of kit and the stuff it will discover could revolutionize our understanding of the universe. That sounds well and good, but what's all this crazy talk about the LHC being some kind of doomsday... Read more
Posted Sun Nov 22, 2009 10:45 PM ET | 0
The Atlantis crew is wrapping up their resupply mission aboard the International Space Station. Read more
Posted by Ray Villard Sat Nov 21, 2009 01:10 PM ET | 0
The simmering debate over the future direction of our nation's human space flight program hit even more air turbulence over the past couple weeks. On the cusp of the Augustine Report on NASA's future space flight plans (that was delivered ... Read more
Posted Sat Nov 21, 2009 06:19 AM ET | 0
Humans aren't suited for space, robots are. Does this mean we should sideline human space flight in favor of sending the equivalent of a digital camera to distant worlds? Greg Fish doesn't think so and neither do we. Read more
Posted by Irene Klotz Sat Nov 21, 2009 05:31 AM ET | 0
Depressurization and smoke alarms woke the shuttle and station crews for a second consecutive night on Friday. Flight controllers quickly determined they were false alarms, but the station's ventilation system automatically shut down, prompting NASA... Read more
Posted by Robert Lamb Fri Nov 20, 2009 05:36 PM ET | 0
As I've mentioned before, I love a good outrageous space headline -- and the more they personify science or mold it to sound like a space opera, the better. But it's interesting to note that the "great galactic ghoul" traces ... Read more
Posted by Irene Klotz Fri Nov 20, 2009 04:30 PM ET | 0
NASA’s stuck Mars rover Spirit took the tiniest of steps to free itself from a sand trap that brought it to a standstill six months ago. After spinning its wheels for the equivalent of 8.2 feet, the rover moved about ... Read more
Posted by Ian O'Neill Fri Nov 20, 2009 04:03 PM ET | 0
For the first time since September 2008, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has circulated a beam of protons fully around its 17 mile-long ring of supercooled electromagnets. The last time this happened was shortly before the LHC suffered a devastating... Read more
Posted by Jennifer Ouellette Fri Nov 20, 2009 12:37 PM ET | 0
Fractal geometry has broad appeal because of the amazing colorful shapes that can be created, but it's easy to forget that there is actual information -- and some pretty rigorous math -- underlying the pretty pictures. Algebra and geometry are ... Read more
Posted by Ian O'Neill Fri Nov 20, 2009 09:01 AM ET | 0
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is about to be fired up and Professor Jonathan Butterworth hopes that the ATLAS detector uncovers far more exotic physics than just the Higgs particle. Read more
Posted Fri Nov 20, 2009 07:00 AM ET | 0
Take a look back at the top stories of the past week in the Discovery News Flashback Slide Show. Read more
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