Universe’s missing half: What is antimatter and why it matters

[ad_1] In 1930, theoretical physicist Paul Dirac was trying to reconcile quantum mechanics with Einstein’s theory of relativity when his equations hinted at something strange: the existence of a “mirror” particle identical to the electron, but with opposite charge. Its implications made him uneasy  — that every particle has an antiparticle, and that perhaps the […]

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Gravitational waves: Listening to the heartbeat of space-time

[ad_1] Imagine a massive bell ringing somewhere across the cosmos — except the bell is two black holes crashing into each other, and the ringing is not sound, but ripples in space itself. These ripples, called gravitational waves, stretch and squeeze the very fabric of the universe.  Predicted by Albert Einstein in 1916 as a […]

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