The hypothetical faster-than-light particle known as the tachyon may marry with the special theory of relativity, according to a team of physicists, making its existence more plausible. Tachyons are a ...

Physicists have engineered photons that behave as if they inhabit a space far richer than the familiar three dimensions, revealing light-like particles with a strikingly high-dimensional character. By ...

Space 'Something's missing': Most thorough-ever study of the cosmos proves we still can't explain how the universe is expanding Space Physicists witness faster-than-light darkness pinpricks, humans ...

The ALPS (Any Light Particle Search) experiment, which stretches a total length of 250 metres, is looking for a particularly light type of new elementary particle. Using twenty-four recycled ...

Physicists have shown that particles produced in collimated sprays called jets retain information about their origins in subatomic particle smashups. Physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE ...

The following is an extract from our Lost in Space-Time newsletter. Each month, we dive into fascinating ideas from around the universe. You can sign up for Lost in Space-Time here. When physicist ...

What is "time" for quantum particles? Publication by TU Darmstadt researchers in renowned journal "Science Advances" In an amazing phenomenon of quantum physics known as tunneling, particles appear to ...