Science Images of the Week
Telescope Survey Reveals Universe’s Dark Secrets
Scientists have released the final version of the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Legacy Survey (CFHTLS), data gathered over six years which probes deep recesses of the Universe, including galaxies as far as nine billion light-years away. This treasure trove of information will allow scientists to better study dark matter; energy; new, developing and evolving galaxies; and any […]
Scientists Recreate the Big Bang
Since they can’t turn back time to witness the creation of the universe almost 14 billion years ago, scientists are working on the next best thing: creating a virtual universe, starting at the beginning with the Big Bang. With the help of the world’s third–fastest computer, physicists from the US Department of Energy’s Argonne National […]
Science Photos of the Week
Is There Another Higgs Boson Out There?
Tired, and rushing to meet a looming deadline, Dr. Pierre Savard and his colleagues didn’t realize what they’d found when they first came across a particle that looked a lot like the long-sought-after Higgs boson. But it didn’t take long for them to realize their hard work had paid off. “When we looked at it, […]
Nailing Down the Elusive Higgs Boson
Although it was the Fourth of July holiday in the United States, there were plenty of fireworks in Europe, where scientists announced they’d probably found the elusive Higgs boson, a particle believed to give all objects mass. At CERN headquarters in Geneva, two independent scientific teams – ATLAS and CMS – announced they’ve observed a […]
Evidence of ‘God Particle’ Found?
Speculation is mounting that physicists at the world’s largest atom smasher plan to announce Wednesday that they’ve pretty much found the most sought-after particle in modern science. Scientists in Geneva reportedly believe they have enough evidence to confirm the existence of the Higgs boson, an elusive particle believed to give all objects mass. The discovery […]
Scientists Gain New Insight into Dark Matter
While they still don’t know what dark matter is, scientists using data collected by NASA, now know a little more about what it’s not. After analyzing two years’ worth of data from NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, they’ve eliminated four possible types of particles thought to make up the mysterious substance. Experts theorize about 80 […]
‘Faster-than-Light’ Project Leaders Quit
Two leaders of the OPERA project – which claimed to show subatomic particles traveling faster than the speed of light – have quit, according to Nature. If proven correct, the OPERA research would disprove Einstein’s special theory of relativity. However, last month a rival experimental group, called ICARUS, cast doubt on the findings after repeating […]
Science Scanner: Search for Elusive Higgs Boson Nears End
The search for the mysterious sub-atomic particle known as the Higgs boson may soon be over. Two teams at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory report they’ve seen hints of a Higgs boson and that the results of their experimentation are consistent with those conducted with the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). A […]