Over the next five years, scientists will capture some of the grandest images of the cosmos ever seen and use them to probe the mystery of dark energy. Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the Dark Energy Survey. Its five-year mission:... Continue reading →

Watch a compilation of many scientists' explanations of the importance of particle physics.  Editor's note: The "why particle physics matters" contest ended at 5pm Central on Sept. 3. Thanks to everyone who voted! Symmetry will announce the ... Continue reading →

A summer intern at Jefferson Laboratory is excited about the proposed International Linear Collider—and he’s got the tattoo to prove it. Particle physics fans interested in expressing their enthusiasm for science through body art have a v... Continue reading →

The observation of neutrinoless double beta decay would suggest that, by itself, the Standard Model Higgs cannot give mass to neutrinos. Last year, physicists discovered the long-sought Higgs boson, bringing us closer to understanding why particles s... Continue reading →

Burning Man offers parallels to—and welcome departures from—the scientific endeavors of physicists who attend the annual event. A city steeped in fantasy is born in the Nevada desert at this time each year as a makeshift community descend... Continue reading →

A site evaluation committee has recommended a location for the proposed International Linear Collider, if it is built in Japan. In a press conference this morning, the Japanese high-energy physics community's site evaluation committee for the propose... Continue reading →

Last week, 13 visitors in superhero attire visited Jefferson Lab as part of an international scavenger hunt. Like many of the national labs, Jefferson Lab gets its fair share of unusual requests. Emails and phone calls come from around the globe posi... Continue reading →

In its first five years gazing at the gamma-ray sky, the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope provided new insights into cosmic puzzles ranging from dark matter to blazars—and added a few new puzzles to the list.  On June 11, 2008, what was the... Continue reading →