Ethan SiegelinStarts With A Bang!8 basic unanswered questions about the known particlesIt’s 2024, and we still only know of the fundamental particles of the Standard Model: nothing more. But these 8 unanswered questions…·11 min read·18 hours ago--3--3
Ethan SiegelinStarts With A Bang!The Higgs boson’s most captivating puzzle still remainsPredicted way back in the 1960s, the discovery of the Higgs boson in 2012 completed the Standard Model. Here’s why it remains fascinating.·12 min read·1 day ago--5--5
Ethan SiegelinStarts With A Bang!Ask Ethan: Will the Universe ever reach equilibrium?The expanding Universe, in many ways, is the ultimate out-of-equilibrium system. After enough time passes, will we eventually get there?·11 min read·5 days ago--8--8
Ethan SiegelinStarts With A Bang!Is fundamental science a victim of its own success?Some think the reason fundamental scientific revolutions are so rare is because of groupthink. It’s not; it’s hard to mess with success.·13 min read·6 days ago--16--16
Ethan SiegelinStarts With A Bang!Why physicists now question the fate of the UniverseFor nearly 25 years, we thought we knew how the Universe would end. Now, new measurements point to a profoundly different conclusion.·12 min read·May 29, 2024--12--12
Ethan SiegelinStarts With A Bang!Why reimagining the particle accelerator is so challengingCERN’s Large Hadron Collider is the most powerful particle accelerator ever. To go even further, we’ll have to overcome something big.·11 min read·May 28, 2024--4--4
Ethan SiegelinStarts With A Bang!The ultimate fate of every star that’s ever livedIn ~7 billion years, our Sun will run out of fuel and die. So will every star, eventually. Here are the different fates they’ll encounter.·3 min read·May 27, 2024--7--7
Ethan SiegelinStarts With A Bang!Ask Ethan: Are we expanding along with the Universe?The mutual distance between well-separated galaxies increases with time as the Universe expands. What else expands, and what doesn’t?·11 min read·May 24, 2024--14--14
Ethan SiegelinStarts With A Bang!4 pervasive myths that cause us to abandon scienceIt’s not a gambit. It’s not fraud. It’s not driven by opinion, prejudice or bias. It’s not unchallengeable. And it’s more than facts alone.·12 min read·May 23, 2024--17--17
Ethan SiegelinStarts With A Bang!New LHC results refute Fermilab’s “hole” in the Standard ModelWith new W-boson, top quark, and Higgs boson measurements, the LHC contradicts earlier Fermilab results. The Standard Model still holds.·11 min read·May 22, 2024--2--2