For two decades, scientists believed the cosmological constant, known as λ (lambda), was positive. That meant the Universe ...

The Universe still holds many mysteries, and among the most intriguing are these invisible components known as dark matter and dark energy. For decades, astronomers have estimated that ...

A decade ago, Art McDonald and his team gained worldwide recognition for a neutrino discovery that helped establish Canada and Queen’s as leaders in physics.

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Why is the universe expanding at an ever-increasing rate? This is one of the most exciting yet unresolved questions in modern ...

A research team led by Rice University physicist Frank Geurts has successfully measured the temperature of quark-gluon plasma ...

Researchers analyzing pulsar data have found tantalizing hints of ultra-slow gravitational waves. A team from Hirosaki University suggests these signals might carry “beats” — patterns formed by ...

Unlike optical telescopes, ALMA observes in the millimeter/submillimeter range, between infrared and longer radio waves.