Virtual particles exploit the natural fuzziness of the subatomic world, where if these ephemeral particles live briefly enough, they can also briefly borrow their energy from empty space. The haziness ...

Using subatomic particles that rain down from space to effectively see through the Earth sounds like something from an ...

A clever mathematical tool known as virtual particles unlocks the strange and mysterious inner workings of subatomic particles. What happens to these particles within atoms would stay unexplained ...

Very early on in our universe, when it was a seething hot cauldron of energy, particles made of matter and antimatter bubbled ...

Scientists imagine virtual particles popping in and out of existence to explain how forces transfer between particles. koto_feja/iStock via Getty Images A clever mathematical tool known as virtual ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. (THE CONVERSATION) A clever mathematical tool known as virtual particles unlocks the strange and ...

Caltech researchers co-lead new study refining what we know about the ghostly particlesVery early on in our universe, when it ...

Researchers suggest that dark matter might subtly color light red or blue as it passes through, revealing traces of its ...

According to the model, dark matter may have started as particles that were hot, light, massless, and fast. As the universe ...