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How does the universe work and what is it made of? To find out, physicists study space and time, as well as the structure, behavior, and motion of matter. Will they ever find a theory that explains it all, a theory of everything?
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The New Era of Multimessenger Astronomy
Astronomers’ newfound ability to see the same cosmic events in light, particles and gravitational waves – a synthesis called multimessenger astronomy – gives them a fuller picture of some of the universe’s most mysterious phenomena
Scientific American, 2018
Loopy Particle Math
Scientists are creating mathematical tools to identify novel particles and phenomena at the world’s largest particle accelerator
Scientific American, 2019
The Case for Space
How the Revolution in Spaceflight Opens Up a Future of Limitless Possibility
Prometheus Books, 2019
Here Come the Waves
After a clutch of historic detections, gravitational wave researchers have set their sights on some ambitious scientific quarry.
Nature, 2018
When the Uncertainty Principle Goes to 11
Or How to Explain Quantum Physics with Heavy Metal
BenBella, 2018
Going Nowhere Fast
After the success of the Standard Model, experiments have stopped answering to grand theories. Is particle physics in crisis?
Aeon, 2018
The Light Fantastic
Physicists in China and elsewhere are vying to build lasers so powerful they could rip apart empty space
Science, 2018
