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The Origin of Strange ‘Ghost Particles’ From Deep Space Has Been Discovered, Scientists Say
Neutrinos shoot through space, planets, and our bodies near lightspeed, and uncovering their origin sheds light on a major cosmic mystery.
‘Ghost Particles‘ Detected at Large Hadron Collider in Breakthrough
Neutrinos are a fundamental yet elusive part of our reality. Now, physicists have detected them in a particle collider for the first time.
Scientists Are Hunting for ‘Ghost’ Particles from Space Under the South Pole
Physicists Marcos Santander and Lu Lu discuss IceCube (not the rapper) in a new episode of Motherboard’s “Space Show.”
Russia Deploys Device Probing Reality to the Depths of World's Deepest Lake
The massive telescope made of glass orbs will detect "ghost" particles that hold the key to many of the universe's mysteries.
A Balloon Above Antarctica Found Signals That May Lead to New Physics
A new study deepens the mystery behind two possible detections of rare cosmic particles.
Antarctic Neutrinos Are Being Used to Weigh the Earth’s Core
The tiny particles can also be used to map and measure the cosmos, but now they’re being used to weigh and study the least understood region of our planet.
Leon Lederman, Nobel-Winning Physicist Who Coined the Term 'God Particle,' Dead at 96
Lederman sold his Nobel Prize at auction for $765,000 in 2015 in order to pay for medical bills.
Mysterious Cosmic Rays Shooting from the Ground in Antarctica Could Break Physics
NASA went searching for micro black holes in Antarctica. Instead, it detected cosmic rays shooting from the ground and some physicists think it could be evidence of a supersymmetric particle.
For the First Time, Astronomers Detected a 'Ghost Particle' and Tracked It to Its Source
The IceCube Neutrino Observatory, along with over a dozen other institutions, shed light on the high-energy universe with multi-messenger astronomy.
Tour a Subterranean Dark Matter Lab in 360º VR
Join us on a Motherboard Field Trip to SNOLAB, a particle physics research facility inside a working mine in Ontario, Canada.
Inside the Dark Matter Lab Buried Over a Mile Underground
Motherboard visits SNOLAB, where scientists are searching for dark matter, supernovas, and neutrinos inside an active mine.
Physicists Stretch Quantum Superposition from Chicago to Minnesota
A long-distance experiment offers new verification for fundamental quantum mechanics.