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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Large Hadron Collider gives scientists their best look yet at conditions right after the Big Bang ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The ALICE experiment at the world's most powerful particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider, has given scientists their best look yet at quark-gluon plasma, the primordial matter that filled the universe moments after the Big Bang. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/AjUFjdApWJvdj5tHY9gh3j-1280-80.png">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Is time a fundamental part of reality? A quiet revolution in physics suggests not ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ It feels so obvious that time moves forward that questioning it can seem almost pointless. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2026 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Particle Physics]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Florian Neukart ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wECuuHE7jxzT73orWxpY5-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Time may not be a key to reality as we think.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A series of blue and red and green and orange analog clocks all superimposed on each other]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Scientists hunt for origins of the mysterious 'sun goddess' particle ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists have used a novel new approach to discover the potential origins of the sun goddess particle Amaterasu, the second most energetic cosmic ray ever to be detected striking Earth. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/gzLqtxMvERCUSffTtFZ5zF-1280-80.png">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Large Hadron Collider reveals 'primordial soup' of the early universe was surprisingly soupy ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Using the world's most powerful particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider, scientists have found that the quark-gluon plasma that filled the universe just after the Big Bang really was a primordial "soup." ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5NaWmr9jCdrYw7DAdw3fj3-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration shows a quark racing through the primordial soup or quark-gluon plasma that filled the early universe, creating a wave]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration shows a quark racing through thye primordial soup or quark-gluon plasma that filled the early universe, creating a wave]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Does antimatter 'fall up'? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ We need to talk about antimatter. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Paul Sutter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dMDVxgZ6DdKxb5UPH8Rcv8-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A illutsration of particle annhilation creating antimatter in then form of antihelium]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A illutsration of particle annhilation creating antimatter in then form of antihelium]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'It would be a fundamental breakthrough': Mysterious dark matter may interact with cosmic 'ghost particles' ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ "If this interaction between dark matter and neutrinos is confirmed, it would be a fundamental breakthrough." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2026 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Dark Universe]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/CdWhWVwGQhF7BAeR9xM4nX-1280-80.png">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Does physics say that free will doesn't exist? ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/science/particle-physics/does-physics-say-that-free-will-doesnt-exist</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ At first glance, it seems like our understanding of physics forbids free will. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2025 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 29 Dec 2025 15:40:59 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Paul Sutter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mDQTsEZ3bjoZm72ufrpvK4-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Does free will violate the laws of physics?]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of a human head made of glowing dots facing right with glowing planets from our solar system at the back of its head all against a dark blue background]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Dark matter may be made of pieces of giant, exotic objects — and astronomers think they know how to look for them ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Searches for dark matter particles have come up empty so far, driving theorists to get more creative with their ideas. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2025 22:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Dark Universe]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Paul Sutter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2NYyC6GMvS2zHHgQ4PiSaQ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[There are many particle candidates for what makes up dark matter. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A bright ball of light shoots red and purple and white sparks in front of a galaxy background with stars, purple, and blue colors on it]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ What old, dying stars teach us about axions as a candidate for dark matter ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The axion could be a contender to explain the mystery of dark matter. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2025 22:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Stars]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Paul Sutter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/MBKhbkP24uiEeNfZi4T78o-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Could stellar evolution reveal more about dark matter?]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A glowing ball of blue light stands out against a black background]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ How the 'delayed choice quantum eraser' experiment got us to rethink reality ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Does the universe notice that we're paying attention to a quantum experiment? The answer goes against everything we thought we knew. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 20 Dec 2025 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Particle Physics]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Paul Sutter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6bxQa4GmiteCVjtGEAJ3fk-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration of two entangled particles connected by a glowing beam of light, representing quantum entanglement and non-local connections in quantum physics.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[two orbs of yellow light on a blue spiral of wave-like lines]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Why is the universe made of matter? These 'ghost particle' experiments could help us find out ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A new joint analysis from the NOvA and T2K experiments offers the most precise look yet at neutrino behavior, bringing scientists closer to understanding why the universe is made of matter. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sharmila Kuthunur ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4exxmMSvcg5MsbazJBNkKP-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Super-Kamiokande detector in Japan, one of the two facilities behind the new, record-precision neutrino oscillation measurements. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A dimly lit room covered in gold dots all the way around]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Physicists and philosophers have long struggled to understand the nature of time: Here's why ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Intuitively, we know what time is, but try to explain it, and we end up tying our minds in knots. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Daryl Janzen ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6sb7ca2X2BTJWyB7SuVQjm-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Time itself isn&#039;t difficult to grasp: we all understand it, despite our persistent struggle to describe it. The problem is one of articulation: a failure to precisely draw the right boundaries around the nature of time both conceptually and linguistically.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A series of white analog clocks against a gray background, their faces showing various different times.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Does the universe have extra dimensions hiding in plain sight? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ While the existence of extra dimensions is a cool idea, it's currently not supported by any evidence ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2025 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Astronomy]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Paul Sutter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ddfMZBURoEsPqFD635YyaW-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Does quantum gravity exist? A new experiment has deepened the mystery ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Quantum gravity seeks to unify the theory of general relativity with quantum physics to describe how gravity works at very small scales. But there's a big puzzle surrounding the idea. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2025 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 11 Nov 2025 13:14:29 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Keith Cooper ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qnF2CSwUYWDkd3G4uWaFxf-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A visualization of how the earth creates a warp in spacetime, in line with general relativity theory. But where does the quantum realm fit in?]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of the Earth warping a flat sheet of white crisscrossing lines.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Scientists recreate 'cosmic fireballs' in CERN particle accelerator to hunt for missing gamma-rays ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ "By reproducing relativistic plasma conditions in the lab, we can measure processes that shape the evolution of cosmic jets and better understand the origin of magnetic fields in intergalactic space." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2025 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Astronomy]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HGfwNdxhFwSMKGeBomhHVJ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Simulation of an initially uniform beam of electrons &amp; positrons interacting with a plasma. As the beam travels through the background plasma, the positrons (red) become focused while the electrons (blue) spread out to form a surrounding cloud. This illustrates the physics behind ‘current filamentation instability’, which is believed to play a key role in the propagation and dynamics of cosmic jets. The simulation was performed with the OSIRIS Particle-in-Cell code and is among the largest ever carried out for such beam-plasma interactions.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A streak of pink representing an ion beam surrounded by an ovular blue energy cloud]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Ghost particles' can zoom through you without a trace. Scientists are getting to the bottom of this cosmic mystery ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists are searching for answers in the cosmic mystery of ghost particles known as neutrinos. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2025 16:03:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 31 Oct 2025 16:36:30 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/kWvifopqyBAqgWEup5TzQ5-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A blazar accelerates protons (the yellow p) to the energy levels of cosmic rays, initiating a complex quantum cascade that also releases gamma rays (magenta) and neutrinos (blue), which follow straight paths through space. The coupled detection of these two particles enabled astronomers to identify the blazar as a source of cosmic rays.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A blazar accelerates protons (the yellow p) to the energy levels of cosmic rays, initiating a complex quantum cascade that also releases gamma rays (magenta) and neutrinos (blue), which follow straight paths through space. The coupled detection of these two particles enabled astronomers to identify the blazar as a source of cosmic rays.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Virtual particles: How physicists' clever bookkeeping trick could underlie reality ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A physicist explains the idea of virtual particles and why they are important to study. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2025 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Particle Physics]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Dipangkar Dutta ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/sWhmjZCkCuKVFsnmWYJ6p-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Virtual particles are not real, but are used by many physicists in mathematical calculations.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A series of bright blue dots connected by small lines over a darker blue background]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ What is the weak nuclear force and why is it important? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The weak nuclear force doesn't play by the normal rules — and, in fact, it breaks one of the biggest rules of all. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2025 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Particle Physics]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Paul Sutter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fEvMHK3ya3FGpehJV4nkAj-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The weak nuclear force is a key variable in particle physics. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A series of purple and red balls colliding with bright yellow light around them over a red background]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ How do particle colliders work? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ As the name suggests, particle accelerators involve accelerating subatomic particles to incredibly high speeds and smashing them into tiny targets. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Paul Sutter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ny5LdWRAYRxzAZPQ5Mrg9m-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration of a particle collision. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A new particle accelerator at Michigan State University is set to discover thousands of never-before-seen isotopes.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Quantum physics protects videos from prying eyes and tampering ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Today's encryption works well, until tomorrow's quantum computers arrive. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2025 21:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Particle Physics]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ S. S. Iyengar ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jWXa5WptjbHUzFyWhENW5F-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Experts are looking at ways to make computers and the internet more robust to hacking. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Lines of computer code in various colors are seen on a dark computer screen]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ New discovery at CERN could hint at why our universe is made up of matter and not antimatter ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A new finding at CERN on the French-Swiss border brings us closer to answering why matter dominates over its opposite, antimatter. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2025 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Particle Physics]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ William Barter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/otgh3rrdERaqmiuL97kyEn-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[A look inside the Large Hadron Collider full of different scientific instruments]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A look inside the Large Hadron Collider full of different scientific instruments]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Scientists just made the 1st antimatter 'qubit.' Here's why it could be a big deal ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists made an antimatter qubit made from an antiproton that is in a state of quantum superposition. This breakthrough will allow the strength of the particle's magnetic moment to be measured with unprecedented precision. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Keith Cooper ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NpBZGbbGgGcKSeKoDLphDf-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[It may look like a tangle of pipes, wires and vats, but the BASE experiment is able to hold antimatter in magnetic traps.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A series of chambers and wires holding together a system that contains antimatter qubits]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Why scientists are so excited about the highest-energy 'ghost particle' ever seen ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists have found a neutrino that could come from a gamma-ray burst, an active black hole or a collision between a cosmic ray and photons in the cosmic microwave background. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2025 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 16 May 2025 13:21:17 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Keith Cooper ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ikUdnLViyS4fQ2CByvPQMb-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The visualization of a&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;simulated event in the KM3NeT/ORCA detector.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Rainbow bubbles are illustrated underwater with a diagonal line going through them.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ How 2024 brought us deeper into the world of particle physics ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Dark matter, antimatter, W bosons and neutron lifetimes all feature in our top 10 stories. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Keith Cooper ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/uxhm5e3bZUQvfBnXTaSxLn-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration of particle annihilation creating antimatter in the form of anti-helium.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of the colliding galaxies of MACS J0018.5 with the dark matter (blue) racing past normal matter (orange).]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The shape of light: Scientists reveal image of an individual photon for 1st time ever ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Active volcanoes were erupting on the far side of the moon 2.8 billion years ago, the first lunar samples returned from the far side reveal. 1 ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Victoria Atkinson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Z6DRNRRuDiDDsVhjXDPxgb-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Ben Yuen and Angela Demetriadou]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A groundbreaking new technique has revealed the first detailed image of an individual photon ever taken.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Against a black background, hazy blue spikes stick out around a glowing green hue, covering a lemon-shaped object with some slight striping internally of yellow, red, and blue greens.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Cosmic rays could help assess hidden war damage in Ukraine ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Energetic particles that arise when cosmic rays hit Earth’s atmosphere could help assess hidden damage to buildings in Ukraine after the war. ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ tereza.pultarova@futurenet.com (Tereza Pultarova) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Tereza Pultarova ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Tn3MadHXajCkhsRpbH3QDX-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The night sky over Kyiv, Ukraine in 2020.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The night sky over Kyiv, Ukraine in 2020.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Hawking radiation' may be erasing black holes. Watching it happen could reveal new physics. ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Primordial black holes may be exploding throughout the universe. If we can catch them in the act, it could pave the way to new physics, a study suggests. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Andrey Feldman ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2ztYVD2vDmmVkCJRSs6i88-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[If primordial black holes exist, they may be exploding throughout the cosmos — leaving telltale signals that could reveal new physics.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An abstract illustration showing streaks of light radiating from a central point]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The W boson caused a particle mystery — but scientists have cracked the case ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A puzzling discrepancy in measurements of the mass of the W+ and W– bosons, which are fundamental particles that carry the weak force, has been resolved by the Large Hadron Collider. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Keith Cooper ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mjNc8JKTznSpgidRx8vPcd-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The giant Compact Muon Solenoid experiment at the LHC. The different rings of detectors, arranged a bit like an onion, measure different particles.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A giant circular computing machine hollow in the center where a thin copper tube passes through. It&#039;s like the retina of a giant robot eye.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Highly precise atomic clocks could soon get even better. Here's how ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/neils-bohr-atomic-clock-precision-superradiant-light</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Superradiant atoms could help us measure time more precisely than ever before, a theory developed with the aid of the great-grandson of the "father of the atom," Niels Bohr. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fcqco2sNiStecAa3NXjMwm-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Eliot Bohr]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A magneto-optical trap of approximately 300 million strontium atoms suspended in a vacuum chamber cooled to just above absolute zero. This trap was used by researchers to develop new techniques for measuring time.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A magneto-optical trap of approximately 300 million strontium atoms suspended in a vacuum chamber cooled to just above absolute zero. This trap was used by researchers to develop new techniques for measuring time.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Why Peter Higgs leaves a massive legacy in the field of physics ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ On April 8, 2024, Peter Higgs passed away. Pioneering the discovery of the Higgs boson, the mark the theoretical physicist has left on physics is immense. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xui4ck5jwW6A9Z5R2vAMW3-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Peter Higgs in front of a photograph of the Large Hadron Collider at the Science Museum&#039;s &#039;Collider&#039; exhibition on November 12, 2013 in London, England. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A man in a suit stands in front of an image of the Large Hadron Collider, which has lots of mechanical parts centered around a yellow middle device.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Opposites attract? Not in new experiment that finds loophole in fundamental rule of physics ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/particle-physics-like-charged-objects-attract-new-study</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Like-charged objects were found to clump together while opposites repelled because of the newly discovered "electrosolvation force." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2024 14:59:48 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 30 Apr 2025 17:42:40 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.turner@futurenet.com (Ben Turner) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Turner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/WqmdvDCaJkunwfzJikZqF9-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s illustration of particles clumping together.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[High-energy particle collisions, neutrinos.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Weird particle physics stories that blew our minds in 2023 ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/mindblowing-particle-physics-stories-2023</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ 11 of the biggest stories about the smallest particles from 2023. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Paul Sutter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/L6ZDSE6foaKbdsPxwBjJx-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The brightest gamma-ray burst ever seen as observed by the Swift X-Ray Telescope around an hour after it erupted. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The brightest gamma-ray burst ever seen as observed by the Swift X-Ray Telescope around an hour after it erupted. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 13 record-breaking space discoveries of 2023 ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Some of the strongest, longest, smallest, biggest and best reasons to celebrate space as the year comes to a close. There are a handful of awesome firsts in here too. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Keith Cooper ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/okDb5xJnqg8xkUc8HiPqnc-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The star cluster IC 348 as seen by the JWST, where it spotted three &quot;failed star&quot; brown dwarfs.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The star cluster IC 348 as seen by the JWST and where it spotted three &quot;failed star&quot; brown dwarfs. A pink and purple red gaseous nebula fills the image, many bright twinkling stars.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Wavy space-time' may explain why gravity won't play by quantum rules ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/wavy-space-time-theory-quantum-mechanics-general-relativity</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A novel theory of 'wavy space-time' suggests that the division between our best descriptions of the universe on its smallest and largest scales may be because gravity does not play by quantum rules. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 06 Dec 2023 13:00:54 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 30 Apr 2025 17:43:08 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NZsaUma6UxkbXYWBmQ6Hsh-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration of space-time warping and wobbling due to the influence of gravitational waves.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a blue green gaseous array gridded in 3d lays in the backround of eight shimmering bright points of light as a galaxy swirls in the top left.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The elusive origins of long gamma-ray bursts may finally be revealed ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ New research helps resolve the mystery surrounding strange long gamma-ray bursts, suggesting these blasts of high-energy radiation emerge from collisions of neutron stars that birth black holes. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/QSY4UPqjWVUWwRb9TqvPZU-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Ore Gottlieb]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Screenshot from a computer simulation shows jets push through material surrounding a merger created black hole to launch long gamma-ray bursts.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Screenshot from a computer simulation shows jets push through material surrounding a merger created black hole to launch long gamma-ray bursts.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ High-energy 'sun goddess' particle opens possibilities for new physics, exciting scientists ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists have discovered a mysterious, highly energetic "sun goddess" particle that could act as a messenger for some of the universe’s most powerful events. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/gzLqtxMvERCUSffTtFZ5zF-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Osaka Metropolitan University/L-INSIGHT, Kyoto University/Ryuunosuke Takeshige]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration shows streams of high-energy particles streaking through Earth’s atmosphere from the heavens.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration showing a cosmic ray hitting the Telescope Array experiment&#039;s detectors.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ These supermassive black hole jets may pelt Earth with 'ghost particles' ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ New research shows gamma-ray blasting blazars could also be belting Earth with "ghost particles," or neutrinos. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/B8sCqtkvza4iTzSCSFgYQm-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration shows a supermassive black hole-powered blazer directing a powerful jet straight at Earth]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of a swirling disk around a jet of bright white light.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ High-energy cosmic rays may originate within the Milky Way galaxy ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The most energetic particles in the universe appear to emerge from sources within the Milky Way, our own home. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sharmila Kuthunur ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7kmmPgNZM7s9p4uS2xxVNB-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Fermi bubbles are believed to be two enormous orbs of gas and cosmic rays that tower over the Milky Way.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The Fermi bubbles (in pink) are believed to be two enormous orbs of gas and cosmic rays that tower over the Milky Way.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Is the vacuum of space truly empty? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Even though the density of interstellar space is billions of times lower than even our emptiest human-made vacuum chambers, it's not 100% percent empty. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 13 Nov 2023 17:00:32 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 30 Apr 2025 17:43:25 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Paul Sutter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/gJyCnN44Q5JsdWnt4jcJ5n-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ World's smallest particle accelerator is 54 million times smaller than the Large Hadron Collider — and it works ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists have created the world's first nanophotonic electron accelerator, which speeds negatively charged particles with mini laser pulses and is small enough to fit on a coin. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 29 Oct 2023 09:36:02 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 30 Apr 2025 17:43:09 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harry Baker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/a5Jh39tHwgbZNUaU72EDGj-1280-80.jpeg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The nanophotonic electron accelerator consists of a microchip that houses a tiny acceleration tube that is just millimeters long. This photo shows the device compared to a dime.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a small, thin silver column sits on the face of a dime.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Distorted crystals use 'pseudogravity' to bend light like black holes do ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Researchers have used a special crystal to bend the trajectory of light like a black hole would, a phenomenon known as 'pseudogravity.' ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 27 Oct 2023 15:00:01 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Black Holes]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Stephanie Pappas ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DUUG457cCKADE7bC4tQMda-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[According to relativity, light and other electromagnetic waves can be influenced by gravitational forces.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The speed of light is a speed limit on everything in our universe. Or is it?]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Largest-ever computer simulation of the universe escalates cosmology dilemma ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The first efforts toward simulating all components of the universe fail to resolve the S8 tension. Is the standard theory of cosmology in trouble? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 25 Oct 2023 00:01:01 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 30 Apr 2025 17:42:13 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sharmila Kuthunur ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ZVXaKbDEWNEBfePfiCoFqA-1280-80.jpeg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Tomoaki Ishiyama]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[The images show the dark matter halo of the largest galaxy cluster formed in the simulation at different magnifications.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The images show the dark matter halo of the largest galaxy cluster formed in the simulation at different magnifications.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ What is an attosecond? A physical chemist explains the tiny time scale behind Nobel Prize-winning research ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A group of three researchers earned the 2023 Nobel Prize in physics for work that has revolutionized how scientists study the electron – by illuminating molecules with attosecond-long flashes of light. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 23 Oct 2023 13:00:29 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 30 Apr 2025 17:42:54 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Aaron W. Harrison ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/b2S3mXWwsKnn92mZyYydX7-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Work in attosecond physics has led to a better understanding of how electrons move around.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a smattering of blue lights against a black background. they orbit larger pink light dots]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ China is building the world's largest underwater telescope to hunt for elusive 'ghost particles' ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ China's forthcoming Tropical Deep-sea Neutrino Telescope (TRIDENT) will search for the origins of cosmic rays in momentary flashes of light beneath the ocean's surface. ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.turner@futurenet.com (Ben Turner) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Turner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ytQDmy34YDMEhmeLSVJEzg-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Shanghai Jiao Tong University]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[TRIDENT, China&#039;s new neutrino detector, floats in a pool.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[yellow electronic devices float underwater in a pool]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ How did the universe's elements form? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ We all know the universe contains a vast array of elements, ranging from light gases, such as helium, to heavy metals, like lead. But where did all of the elements come from? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 22 Oct 2023 10:00:02 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 30 Apr 2025 17:42:11 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Paul Sutter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TqTTvwW4CjjMvBp4JiThc9-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A model of the big bang showing a large explosion that produces the rest of the universe.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A model of the big bang showing a large explosion that produces the rest of the universe]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Scientists propose 'missing' law for the evolution of everything in the universe ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/scientists-propose-missing-law-evolution-of-everything-in-the-universe</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The "law of increasing functional information" says that complex systems in nature evolve to become more complex. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Patrick Pester ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6D46uUVWWJs3ddSLyCESnT-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Artist&#039;s impression of string theory.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Artist&#039;s impression of string theory.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Why Einstein must be wrong: In search of the theory of gravity ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/was-einstein-wrong-in-search-of-theory-of-gravity</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Unlike physical theories describing the other three fundamental forces in physics, the general theory of relativity has only been tested in weak gravity. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 09 Oct 2023 17:00:01 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 30 Apr 2025 17:42:45 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Andrea Giusti ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/748FxG3ZeiqgiFA37uEctk-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration of an object with mass &quot;pushing&quot; on space-time due to gravity.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[horizontal black lines are curved downward where a black ball intrudes]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Pulsar surprises astronomers with record-breaking gamma-rays ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The well-known Vela Pulsar just smashed a record for the highest-energy radiation ever detected from one of these highly magnetized spinning neutron stars. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 05 Oct 2023 15:00:01 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 30 Apr 2025 17:42:32 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Monisha Ravisetti ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Jc44fddgX62C3fPT42ujbZ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Artist&#039;s impression of the Vela pulsar, in the center, and its magnetosphere, whose edge is marked by the bright circle. The blue tracks travelling outwards represent paths of accelerated particles. These produce gamma radiation along the arms of a rotating spiral by colliding with infrared photons emitted in the magnetosphere (in red).]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Artist&#039;s impression of the Vela pulsar, in the center, and its magnetosphere, whose edge is marked by the bright circle. The blue tracks travelling outwards represent paths of accelerated particles. These produce gamma radiation along the arms of a rotating spiral by colliding with infrared photons emitted in the magnetosphere (in red).]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Nobel Prize in physics awarded to 3 scientists who glimpsed the inner world of atoms with tiny light pulses ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The trio devised methods for creating the tiniest slices of light. ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.turner@futurenet.com (Ben Turner) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Turner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4mzXkADPG89EHUdrReA5Ve-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Antimatter responds to gravity like Einstein predicted, major CERN experiment confirms ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The new study marks the beginning of detailed and direct pursuit of the gravitational nature of antimatter, which remains puzzlingly scarce in the universe. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sharmila Kuthunur ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/X6Vo7rSnpj7wWAg2J8pHv7-1280-80.jpg">
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