January 29, 2025

How do Neutrinos get their mass?

Neutrinos don’t seem to get their mass in the same way as other particles in the Standard Model. In 1998, researchers made a discovery that challenged their understanding of particle physics and vaulted an unassuming particle into the spotlight for decades to come.  The Standard Model, the theoretical framework that should explain ordinary matter and its interactions, predicted...

January 29, 2025

Exploring the Dark Universe with Supercomputers

Next-generation telescopic surveys will work hand-in-hand with supercomputers to study the nature of dark energy. The 2020s could see a rapid expansion in dark energy research. For starters, two powerful new instruments will scan the night sky for distant galaxies. The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument, or DESI, will measure the distances to about 35 million cosmic objects, and...