Newport News, Va. -- In research performed at the Department of Energy's Jefferson Lab, nuclear physicists have found that strange quarks do contribute to the structure of the proton. This result ...

What happens when a star dies? It all depends on the mass of the star in question, but the variety of potential answers may surprise you. Over time, stars like our own sun will cool down and ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — An international team of nuclear physicists has determined that particles called strange quarks do, indeed, contribute to the ordinary properties of the proton. Quarks are subatomic ...

There are plenty of types of stars out there, but one stands out for being just a little weirder than the others. You might even say it's strange. According to a paper from researchers at Guangxi ...

Some neutron stars probably have something strange lurking in their cores, according to a recent study. Neutron stars are already some of the most peculiar objects in the universe. They contain enough ...

The lightest neutron star ever found, at around 0.77 times the mass of the sun, no longer fits with our understanding of how these stars form. It might even contain exotic matter like strange quarks.

Previous studies of particles with strange quarks and bottom quarks have confirmed as such. What makes this study unique, Stone concludes, is that it is the first time anyone has witnessed particles ...