A collision of two extraordinarily dense, collapsed stars in the distant universe is providing potential clues to the axion, a dark matter candidate first proposed half a century ago. Kara Swisher on All the Nonsense in the Tech Industry The stellar remnants are neutron stars, the corpses that remain after massive stars collapse in on … Read more
Scientists working on CERN’s Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment have published the latest data in their search for a long-lived exotic particle known as the dark photon. Let’s Eat a Chocolate Xbox Controller Dark photons (also called hidden photons) differ from regular photons—particles of light—in that they are thought to have mass, making them a … Read more
Plasma could be wrangled to collide photons and yield matter, according to physicists who ran simulations to explore the practical applications of a world-famous equation. Gizmodo’s Top Five Gadgets of 2023 The equation at work here is Einstein’s E = mc^2, which establishes a relationship between energy and mass; specifically, the equation holds that energy … Read more