Particle physics science and discoveries: Latest news

A physicist explains the idea of virtual particles and why they are important to study.

The weak nuclear force doesn't play by the normal rules — and, in fact, it breaks one of the biggest rules of all.

As the name suggests, particle accelerators involve accelerating subatomic particles to incredibly high speeds and smashing them into tiny targets.

A new finding at CERN on the French-Swiss border brings us closer to answering why matter dominates over its opposite, antimatter.

Although the antimatter qubit won't find use in quantum computing, it will be used to test the differences between matter and antimatter.

Dark matter, antimatter, W bosons and neutron lifetimes all feature in our top 10 stories.

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

Energetic particles that arise when cosmic rays hit Earth’s atmosphere could help assess hidden damage to buildings in Ukraine after the war.

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.