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![An artist's sketch of Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L’Huillier.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4mzXkADPG89EHUdrReA5Ve-320-80.jpg)
Nobel Prize in physics awarded to 3 scientists who glimpsed the inner world of atoms with tiny light pulses
By Ben Turner published
The trio devised methods for creating the tiniest slices of light.
![a translucent yellow tube runs up the middle as blue balls float along its interior.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/X6Vo7rSnpj7wWAg2J8pHv7-320-80.jpg)
Antimatter responds to gravity like Einstein predicted, major CERN experiment confirms
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
The new study marks the beginning of detailed and direct pursuit of the gravitational nature of antimatter, which remains puzzlingly scarce in the universe.
![Black hole and accretion disk.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/smEMZtKCMR3FMNAZkkqxUJ-320-80.jpg)
New Horizon Prize in Physics awarded to scientists chasing mysterious black hole photon spheres
By Ben Turner published
Alexandru Lupsasca and Michael Johnson won the physics prize for their work on photon spheres — weird rings of light around black holes that may reveal a theory of quantum gravity.
![a blue haze surrounds a galaxy in the black of space](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2burLtSPevTitKqZgXe5Nd-320-80.jpg)
Hypothetical 'dark photons' could shed light on mysterious dark matter
By Robert Lea published
These massive particles could shed light on dark matter by revealing how this mysterious substance interacts with "normal" matter.
![An artist's impression of the cosmic web. It looks like a vast cobweb-like structure or mostly purple and some orange filaments on a black background.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UxWndxJHs9wBRvGM7iL3va-320-80.jpg)
$100,000 Breakthrough physics prize awarded to 3 scientists who study the large scale structure of the universe
By Ben Turner published
Mikhail Ivanov, Oliver Philcox, and Marko Simonović won the New Horizons Award for their work on large scale structures — the strands and filaments of our universe which contain buried clues to its most fundamental properties.
![Several circles outline galaxies around central points.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DSfvjPKbQvL7tvGghPZ3a4-320-80.jpg)
Galaxy shapes can help identify wrinkles in space caused by the Big Bang
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
A new method to detect Baryon Acoustic Oscillations in the universe could help measure cosmic distances more accurately.
![a vast field of shining galaxies](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/E9TzfNJTm8whpYzCD8FJGG-320-80.png)
This gamma-ray space mystery may finally be solved with new black hole simulations
By Keith Cooper published
Here's why a black hole crashing into a neutron star belched out an odd gamma-ray burst.
![a metallic cube floats above a metallic disc](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6DSMWC5CNPxtyeCp478jxS-320-80.jpg)
Scientists discover strange 'singularities' responsible for exotic type of superconductivity
By Ben Turner published
Superconductors that work at temperatures much higher than absolute zero have befuddled scientists since they were discovered. A new theory might be about to change that.
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