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Fast radio bursts may be dark matter ‘stars’ hitting black holes

Space

Fast radio bursts may be dark matter ‘stars’ hitting black holes

The mysterious FRBs we’ve been tracking for a decade could be created by clumps of dark matter particles dancing along the edges of black holes

News

Olivia Williams and Olivia Colman

Humans

Mosquitoes: Staring into the heat death of the universe

Culture

geometric artwork

Physics

The geometry that could reveal the true nature of space-time

Features

The LHCb experiment at CERN

Physics

LHC pops out a new particle that could test the strong force

News

Pointer on circular weighing scales

Physics

Protons are lighter than thought, which may solve a big puzzle

News

A fine-tuned universe may be controversial but can't be ignored

Life

A fine-tuned universe may be controversial but can't be ignored

Comment

Two footballers

Physics

Footballers move around pitch like chaotic particles in a fluid

News

Time, mass and custard provide the physics in <i>The Earthworks</i>

Physics

Time, mass and custard provide the physics in The Earthworks

Culture

SPIDER reactor

Physics

Inside the SPIDER facility, preparing for nuclear fusion tests

Regulars

Physics

5 impossible things the laws of physics might actually allow

On the face of it, things like teleporters and invisibility cloaks shouldn’t exist – but loopholes in what physics allows means things aren’t always that simple

Features