(Phys.org) —While scientists have become increasingly convinced that the Standard Model of particle physics is incomplete, it's still unclear exactly how the Standard Model needs to be extended.

Quark star crashes: artist’s impression of a blue supergiant star, which could collapse to form a quark-gluon plasma. (Courtesy: Sephirohq/CC BY 3.0) The conversion of neutrons and other baryons to a ...

For a large star, death is a bit of a squeeze. Once its nuclear fuel is spent, its core collapses, sparking a dramatic supernova explosion that blasts away the outer layers. The body left is a cold, ...

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is not just the biggest particle accelerator on our planet. It also produces smashing headlines for the news in science. On June 4, scientists working at the two of the ...

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PARIS, Oct 5: What are the smallest building blocks of matter? How do they function? And what forces hold them together? For the past century, physicists striving to build a conceptual architecture to ...

Probing ever deeper into the inner world of the atom, nuclear physicists have uncovered an increasingly baffling collection of tiny particles. Besides the familiar neutrons, electrons and protons, ...