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Ethan Siegel in Starts With A Bang!

A new collider can teach us about the origin of matter

The laws of nature are almost perfectly…

Ethan Siegel in Starts With A Bang!

There are 7 states of matter; “topoconductor” isn’t one of them

Under extreme conditions, matter takes…

Ethan Siegel in Starts With A Bang!

The quantum reason behind the solidity of matter

If atoms are mostly empty space, then why can’t two…

Ethan Siegel in Starts With A Bang!

The one cosmic secret that demands a new particle collider

The observation that everything we know is…

Ethan Siegel in Starts With A Bang!

Ask Ethan: Why do matter and antimatter annihilate?

From forming bound states to normal scattering…

Ethan Siegel in Starts With A Bang!

The idea that matter is mostly empty space is mostly wrong

Practically all of the matter we see and…

Ethan Siegel in Starts With A Bang!

Ask Ethan: How did matter come to exist in our Universe?

You can only create or destroy matter by…

Ethan Siegel in Starts With A Bang!

What was it like when matter defeated antimatter?

In the earliest stages of the hot Big Bang, there…

Ethan Siegel in Starts With A Bang!

Ask Ethan: Is our Universe truly matter-dominated?

The laws of physics don’t prefer matter over…

Ethan Siegel in Starts With A Bang!

Are the “missing baryons” simply too hot to see?

There are two types of missing, or “dark” matter…