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The particle in question, known as a sterile neutrino, was supposed to only interact with gravity and have zero interactions ...

Scientists at Fermilab’s MicroBooNE experiment have ruled out the existence of the elusive sterile neutrino, a particle proposed for decades to explain puzzling neutrino behavior. Their high-precision ...

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"WIMPs are still the leading candidate for dark matter, but billions of dollars of experiments have been done, only getting ...

Scientists are a step closer to solving one of the universe's biggest mysteries as new research finds evidence that two of ...

Russia has launched an Oreshnik missile into Ukraine for the second time since the full-scale war began 2022, in a strike Kyiv’s allies say is meant as a warning for the West. Here’s what we know.

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Microscopic ocean algae produce a huge share of Earth’s oxygen—but they need iron to do it. New field research shows that ...

A potential new type of celestial object has all the makings of a normal small galaxy. It’s rich with the same hydrogen gas ...

Something strange is hurtling through our cosmic backyard, and it is refusing to play by the rules. When astronomers first ...