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Murray Gell-Mann
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Murray Gell-Mann gave structure to the subatomic world
Best known for his quarks, the preeminent theoretical physicist was also a complexity pioneer
By Tom Siegfried | 5:09pm, May 24, 2019
Very Large Array
News | Physics
Big black holes can settle in the outskirts of small galaxies
By Lisa Grossman | 10:57am, May 23, 2019
space flame
News in Brief | Physics
Spherical flames in space could solve the mystery of soot-free fires
By Emily Conover | 9:00am, May 23, 2019
metal kilogram
News | Physics
The kilogram just got a revamp. A unit of time might be next
By Emily Conover | 7:00am, May 20, 2019
gamma ray burst
News | Physics
Dying stars called collapsars may forge much of the universe’s gold
By Emily Conover | 1:02pm, May 08, 2019
kilonova over NYC
News | Physics
What a nearby kilonova would look like
By Lisa Grossman | 9:16am, May 08, 2019
News | Physics
LIGO is on the lookout for these 8 sources of gravitational waves
By Lisa Grossman | 1:14pm, May 06, 2019
neutron star merging with black hole
News in Brief | Physics
LIGO and Virgo made 5 likely gravitational wave detections in a month
By Emily Conover | 1:41pm, May 02, 2019
uranium cube
The Science Life | Physics
How scientists traced a uranium cube to Nazi Germany’s nuclear reactor program
By Emily Conover | 3:00am, May 01, 2019
STEVE
News | Physics
Here’s what causes the aurora-like glow known as STEVE
By Maria Temming | 7:00am, April 30, 2019
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