Heavy-ion physics is a dynamic field that investigates the behaviour of matter under extreme conditions by colliding nuclei at relativistic speeds. Such collisions create a short-lived, ...

Space is an amazing physics laboratory, because we can see stars and other objects behaving under extreme conditions. Space.com columnist and astrophysicist Paul Sutter explains how quark stars work ...

Dark star crashes: the computer simulation of two merging neutron stars (left) blended with an image of heavy-ion collisions at CERN to highlight the connection of astrophysics with nuclear physics.

Quark star crashes: artist’s impression of a blue supergiant star, which could collapse to form a quark-gluon plasma. (Courtesy: Sephirohq/CC BY 3.0) The conversion of neutrons and other baryons to a ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Can a quark star exist? It's an open question in the astronomy community, but there appears to be ...

A new review published in EPJ H by Clara Matteuzzi, Research Director at the National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN) and former tenured professor at the University of Milan, and her colleagues, ...

Scientists have for the first time observed quantum entanglement — a state in which particles intermingle, losing their individuality so they can no longer be described separately — between quarks.

A new review examines the three decades of the LHCb experiment, its achievements and future potential. A new review published in EPJ H by Clara Matteuzzi, Research Director at the National Institute ...

Probing ever deeper into the inner world of the atom, nuclear physicists have uncovered an increasingly baffling collection of tiny particles. Besides the familiar neutrons, electrons and protons, ...

The force that holds together the tiniest particles of matter has pulled in the Nobel Prize in Physics for the three US physicists who unravelled its workings. David Gross, David Politzer and Frank ...