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Ethan Siegel
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Starts With A Bang!
Dec 1, 2023
What was it like when protons and neutrons formed?
For a substantial fraction of a second after the…
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Ethan Siegel
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Starts With A Bang!
Nov 17, 2023
Ask Ethan: Why don’t neutrons bind together?
In our Universe, all stable atomic nuclei have protons in…
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Ethan Siegel
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Starts With A Bang!
Jun 23, 2023
Ask Ethan: Is the proton stable or unstable?
If we waited long enough, would even protons themselves…
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Ethan Siegel
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Starts With A Bang!
Dec 23, 2022
Ask Ethan: Do protons really contain charm quarks?
Every proton contains three quarks: two up and one…
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Ethan Siegel
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Starts With A Bang!
Oct 13, 2022
A failed proton decay search accidentally birthed neutrino astronomy
Before we discovered…
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Ethan Siegel
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Starts With A Bang!
Mar 25, 2021
What Rules The Proton: Quarks Or Gluons?
Is a proton fundamentally more ‘quarky’ or ‘gluey’ in nature?
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Ethan Siegel
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Starts With A Bang!
Feb 22, 2021
What’s Really Inside A Proton?
If you think it’s just three quarks held together by gluons, you’ll…
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Ethan Siegel
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Starts With A Bang!
Jan 10, 2020
How Certain Are We That Protons Don’t Decay?
The age of the Universe is only 13.8 billion years, but…
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Ethan Siegel
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Starts With A Bang!
May 4, 2019
Ask Ethan: Where Does A Proton’s Mass Come From?
The whole should equal the sum of its parts, but…
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Ethan Siegel
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Starts With A Bang!
Aug 22, 2018
What Was It Like When We Lost The Last Of Our Antimatter?
The Universe was born matter-antimatter…
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