If you ask physicist Sabine Hossenfelder, building bigger particle colliders is a waste of money and effort.

Physicist pleads: Stop building stupid particle colliders

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CERN wants a bigger, better particle collider. But with no guarantee for breakthrough discoveries, physicist Sabine Hossenfelder says don't bother.

Physicist Pleads: Stop Building Stupid, Expensive Particle Colliders

Building huge new colliders is a terrible waste of money, a prominent physicist says.

"If this is real, calling it a game changer would be an understatement."

Physicists may have just discovered something revolutionary

I Must Axion A Question

An international team of physicists claim they may have found evidence for a new type of subatomic particle called the axion.

Physicists Say They’ve Found Evidence of Elusive Axion Particle

These findings may have just opened the door to a new era in physics.

"Maybe there is a final theory of physics, or maybe it is approximations all the way down."

The guy who invented dark matter has some doubts

Revisiting Ideas

Jim Peebles, who first theorized about dark matter, argues in a new essay that there's still a lot of work to be done in proving his ideas.

The Guy Who Invented Dark Matter Has Some Doubts

"We haven’t been issued a guarantee that we can make sense of the physical world around us."

It threatens a popular hypothesis for what dark matter is made of, but many in the research field aren't convinced.

Shocking research threatens our understanding of dark matter

Controversial Discovery

A research team failed to find a widely-accepted dark matter particle candidate in the Milky Way galaxy, causing a stir among disagreeing astrophysicists.

Shocking Research Threatens Our Understanding of Dark Matter

Either scientists were wrong about dark matter, our galaxy doesn't have any, or the paper is wrong.

Scientists thought the case of the cosmic rays' source was closed, but new evidence cracks it wide open again.

MIT: Dark matter at our galaxy's core may be blasting gamma rays

Ongoing Debate

Scientists thought they ruled out dark matter as the source of bizarre cosmic gamma rays coming from the core of the Milky Way. New evidence disagrees.

MIT: Dark Matter At Our Galaxy’s Core May Be Blasting Gamma Rays

New evidence resuscitated a theory thought to be debunked.

The tiny black holes keep growing until they collapse on themselves and cause a big kaboom.

New theory: Dark matter black holes are detonating stars

Extremely Metal

Scientists have a new guess for what triggers white dwarf stars to blow up in supernovae: tiny black holes made of dark matter growing in their cores.

New Theory: Dark Matter Black Holes Are Detonating Stars

The triggers build up at the star's core before exploding.

It really throws a wrench in astronomers' understanding of the universe.

19 newly discovered galaxies appear to be missing dark matter

Cosmic Mystery

Astronomers discovered 19 new galaxies that appear to be missing their dark matter. The discovery challenges our models of how galaxies form.

19 Newly Discovered Galaxies Appear to Be Missing Dark Matter

They throw a wrench in the theories for how galaxies are formed.

"This discovery of a possible fifth force [of nature] would completely change our understanding of the universe."

Physicists discover evidence of a new force of nature

Force Finding

Researchers have discovered new evidence of a fifth force of nature, and if confirmed, the work could help us understand dark matter.

Physicists Discover Evidence of a New Force of Nature

This could be the key to understanding dark matter.

Scientists are challenging long-held assumptions about the universe to hunt down dark matter.

New research: antimatter could be portal to "dark universe"

Exhausting Options

A team of physicists attempted a bizarre new way to spot dark matter: using antimatter probes. It hasn't worked yet, but the scientists have some ideas.

New Research: Antimatter Could Be Portal to “Dark Universe”

Scientists have a new plan to spot dark matter.

"Any indication that [dark energy] is not a constant would be revolutionary and spark intense theoretical work."

Scientists boot up new device to map the universe's dark energy

Dark Energy Conundrum

Last week, scientists achieved "first light" with the Mayall Telescope's Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument. It could teach us about dark energy.

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