Density Staircases Birth Neutrinos Inside Neutron Stars
Inside a neutron star, the density doesn't change smoothly but drops abruptly at sharp cliffs — density staircases. At these steps, the void suddenly births pairs: neutrinos and antineutrinos.
Earth as a Dark Matter Detector: Hunting Charged Relics
Dark matter — the invisible architect of the universe, holding galaxies from flying apart. Thanks to the pioneering work of Fritz Zwicky and Vera Rubin we know: ordinary matter in the cosmos is just a negligible impurity. But what lies behind this dark matter?