Superman was cheated. X-ray vision isn’t where it’s at. If yesterday’s writers of comic books knew what we know today, the Man of Steel would have shot muons from his eyes to see through walls of ...

Muons are constantly being created as cosmic rays collide with molecules in Earth's upper atmosphere. With their ability to ...

Laser-generated muons pierced 2 meters of concrete to image lead bricks, marking the first demonstration of laser-produced ...

Superman’s X-ray vision isn’t actually that super. X-rays work well for seeing through thin ...

Scientists have been trying to accelerate muons for decades, but these elusive fundamental particles almost always undergo decay before reaching their full speed. With a lifespan of only two ...

An instrument built half a world away from any meteorological laboratory, designed to catch particles arriving from deep space, has become one of the most powerful tools available for probing the ...

Muons are getting a move on. In a step toward new types of particle physics experiments, scientists cooled and then accelerated a beam of muons. The subatomic particles, heavy cousins of electrons, ...

Cosmic rays let a telescope read thunderstorms from the ground, and Earth's magnetic field explains why it sees far more storms to the east.

At its most glamorous, the life of an experimental high-energy physicist consists of smashing obscure subatomic particles with futuristic-sounding names into each other to uncover truths about the ...