https://nbi.ku.dk/english/research/theoretical-particle-physics-and-cosmology/particle-physics-news/ en Sat, 03 Oct 2026 12:32:43 +0200 Sat, 03 Oct 2026 12:32:43 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news26/researchers-create-a-little-big-bang-bowling-pin-shaped-nuclei-shed-new-light-on-the-universes-first-moments/ Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have succeeded in recreating the primordial matter that...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news26/researchers-create-a-little-big-bang-bowling-pin-shaped-nuclei-shed-new-light-on-the-universes-first-moments/" alt="Researchers create a Little Big Bang: Bowling-pin-shaped nuclei shed new light on the Universe’s first moments" title="Researchers create a Little Big Bang: Bowling-pin-shaped nuclei shed new light on the Universe’s first moments"><img src="https://news.ku.dk/all_news/2026/08/researchers-create-a-little-big-bang-bowling-pin-shaped-nuclei-shed-new-light-on-the-universes-first-moments/billedinformationer/CERN_INSIDE_DETECTOR_1100x600.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news26/researchers-create-a-little-big-bang-bowling-pin-shaped-nuclei-shed-new-light-on-the-universes-first-moments/ Thu, 20 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news25/colossal-collisions-in-space-send-shockwaves-through-the-universe-gravitational-waves-break-records-with-new-observations/ Gravitational waves shake the very fabric of the universe when black holes collide. Today we measure...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news25/colossal-collisions-in-space-send-shockwaves-through-the-universe-gravitational-waves-break-records-with-new-observations/" alt="Colossal Collisions in Space send Shockwaves through the Universe: Gravitational waves break records with new observations" title="Colossal Collisions in Space send Shockwaves through the Universe: Gravitational waves break records with new observations"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news25/colossal-collisions-in-space-send-shockwaves-through-the-universe-gravitational-waves-break-records-with-new-observations/sort-hul1100x600.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news25/colossal-collisions-in-space-send-shockwaves-through-the-universe-gravitational-waves-break-records-with-new-observations/ Mon, 15 Sep 2025 08:45:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news25/intergalactic-experiment-researchers-hunt-for-mysterious-dark-matter-particle-with-clever-trick/ Physicists use magnetic fields of galaxy clusters to observe black holes in their search for a particle...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news25/intergalactic-experiment-researchers-hunt-for-mysterious-dark-matter-particle-with-clever-trick/" alt="Intergalactic experiment: Researchers hunt for mysterious dark matter particle with clever trick" title="Intergalactic experiment: Researchers hunt for mysterious dark matter particle with clever trick"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news25/intergalactic-experiment-researchers-hunt-for-mysterious-dark-matter-particle-with-clever-trick/Axion_header_1100x600.png/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news25/intergalactic-experiment-researchers-hunt-for-mysterious-dark-matter-particle-with-clever-trick/ Fri, 15 Aug 2025 11:00:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news24/first-peek-at-nuclear-shape-transitions/ Based on an experiment at CERN, a collaboration led by the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen,...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news24/first-peek-at-nuclear-shape-transitions/" alt="First peek at nuclear shape transitions" title="First peek at nuclear shape transitions"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news24/first-peek-at-nuclear-shape-transitions/zenon-atom1100.png/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news24/first-peek-at-nuclear-shape-transitions/ Tue, 05 Nov 2024 13:00:00 +0100 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/research/theoretical-particle-physics-and-cosmology/particle-physics-news/happening-at-theoretical-high-energy-astroparticle-and-gravitational-physics/tetyana-pitik-receives-award-for-the-best-phd-thesis-in-danish-astronomy/ Tetyana Pitik receives the 2024 IDA PhD award at the Annual Danish Astronomy Meeting hosted in Roskilde...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/research/theoretical-particle-physics-and-cosmology/particle-physics-news/happening-at-theoretical-high-energy-astroparticle-and-gravitational-physics/tetyana-pitik-receives-award-for-the-best-phd-thesis-in-danish-astronomy/" alt="Tetyana Pitik receives award for the best PhD thesis in Danish astronomy" title="Tetyana Pitik receives award for the best PhD thesis in Danish astronomy"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/research/theoretical-particle-physics-and-cosmology/particle-physics-news/happening-at-theoretical-high-energy-astroparticle-and-gravitational-physics/tetyana-pitik-receives-award-for-the-best-phd-thesis-in-danish-astronomy/tetyana-pitik1100.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/research/theoretical-particle-physics-and-cosmology/particle-physics-news/happening-at-theoretical-high-energy-astroparticle-and-gravitational-physics/tetyana-pitik-receives-award-for-the-best-phd-thesis-in-danish-astronomy/ Wed, 22 May 2024 11:45:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news22/new-and-surprising-duality-found-in-theoretical--particle-physics/ A new and surprising duality has been discovered in theoretical particle physics. The duality exists...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news22/new-and-surprising-duality-found-in-theoretical--particle-physics/" alt="New and surprising duality found in theoretical particle physics" title="New and surprising duality found in theoretical particle physics"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news22/new-and-surprising-duality-found-in-theoretical--particle-physics/booster1100x600.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news22/new-and-surprising-duality-found-in-theoretical--particle-physics/ Mon, 25 Apr 2022 12:15:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/study-reveals-new-details-on-what-happened-in-the-first-microsecond-of-big-bang/ Researchers from University of Copenhagen have investigated what happened to a specific kind of plasma...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/study-reveals-new-details-on-what-happened-in-the-first-microsecond-of-big-bang/" alt="Study reveals new details on what happened in the first microsecond of Big Bang" title="Study reveals new details on what happened in the first microsecond of Big Bang"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/study-reveals-new-details-on-what-happened-in-the-first-microsecond-of-big-bang/Big_Bang_1100x600.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/study-reveals-new-details-on-what-happened-in-the-first-microsecond-of-big-bang/ Fri, 21 May 2021 13:45:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/new-physics-at-stake-deviation-from-the-standard-model-of-physics-confirmed/ An ultraprecise measurement of spinning muons, heavier cousins of electrons, in magnetic fields has strengthened...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/new-physics-at-stake-deviation-from-the-standard-model-of-physics-confirmed/" alt="New physics at stake? Deviation from the standard model of physics confirmed" title="New physics at stake? Deviation from the standard model of physics confirmed"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/new-physics-at-stake-deviation-from-the-standard-model-of-physics-confirmed/fermilab1100.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/new-physics-at-stake-deviation-from-the-standard-model-of-physics-confirmed/ Mon, 26 Apr 2021 09:00:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news20/deep-learning-online-workshop-at-the-nbi-great-learning/ Following the latest developments of the COVID 19 pandemic, the planned Workshop on Perspectives...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news20/deep-learning-online-workshop-at-the-nbi-great-learning/" alt="Deep Learning online Workshop at the Niels Bohr Institute: Great Learning" title="Deep Learning online Workshop at the Niels Bohr Institute: Great Learning"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news20/deep-learning-online-workshop-at-the-nbi-great-learning/55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news20/deep-learning-online-workshop-at-the-nbi-great-learning/ Tue, 02 Jun 2020 15:45:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news19/the-final-piece-in-the-puzzle-of-the-origin-of-the-elements/ For the first time, an element heavier than iron has been clearly detected in the collision of two neutron...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news19/the-final-piece-in-the-puzzle-of-the-origin-of-the-elements/" alt="The final piece in the puzzle of the origin of the elements" title="The final piece in the puzzle of the origin of the elements"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news19/the-final-piece-in-the-puzzle-of-the-origin-of-the-elements/eso1733s-sammenstoed.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news19/the-final-piece-in-the-puzzle-of-the-origin-of-the-elements/ Wed, 23 Oct 2019 19:15:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news19/measuring-the-beginning-of-the-universe-can-soon-be-done-much-more-precisely/ As many as 200 telescopes will be erected, in order to achieve the highest possible precision in measuring...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news19/measuring-the-beginning-of-the-universe-can-soon-be-done-much-more-precisely/" alt="Probing the beginning of the Universe can soon be done more accurately" title="Probing the beginning of the Universe can soon be done more accurately"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news19/measuring-the-beginning-of-the-universe-can-soon-be-done-much-more-precisely/SKA_teleskop.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news19/measuring-the-beginning-of-the-universe-can-soon-be-done-much-more-precisely/ Mon, 22 Jul 2019 12:15:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news19/upgrade-of-a-research-icecube/ The IceCube Neutrino Observatory in Antarctica is about to get a significant upgrade. The purpose of...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news19/upgrade-of-a-research-icecube/" alt="A New Upgrade for the IceCube Detector " title="A New Upgrade for the IceCube Detector "><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news19/upgrade-of-a-research-icecube/IceCubeArray_slim_496.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news19/upgrade-of-a-research-icecube/ Thu, 11 Jul 2019 11:15:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news18/milky-way-type-dust-particles-discovered-in-a-galaxy-11-billion-light-years-from-earth/ An international research team, with participation from the Niels Bohr Institute, has found the same...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news18/milky-way-type-dust-particles-discovered-in-a-galaxy-11-billion-light-years-from-earth/" alt="Milky Way type dust particles discovered in a galaxy 11 billion light years from Earth" title="Milky Way type dust particles discovered in a galaxy 11 billion light years from Earth"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news18/milky-way-type-dust-particles-discovered-in-a-galaxy-11-billion-light-years-from-earth/GRB180325A_OT-1100.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news18/milky-way-type-dust-particles-discovered-in-a-galaxy-11-billion-light-years-from-earth/ Tue, 03 Jul 2018 10:00:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news18/here-is-what-it-looks-like-when-a-massive-black-hole-devours-a-star/ Jane Lixin Dai and Professor Enrico Ramirez from DARK Cosmology Centre at the Niels Bohr...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news18/here-is-what-it-looks-like-when-a-massive-black-hole-devours-a-star/" alt="Here is what it looks like, when a massive black hole devours a star" title="Here is what it looks like, when a massive black hole devours a star"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news18/here-is-what-it-looks-like-when-a-massive-black-hole-devours-a-star/model1100.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news18/here-is-what-it-looks-like-when-a-massive-black-hole-devours-a-star/ Tue, 29 May 2018 14:15:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/Nyheder/nyheder_17/aarets-forskningsgennembrud-2017/ Årets videnskabelige forskningsgennembrud i 2017 i de internationalt anerkendte tidsskrifter, Science...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/Nyheder/nyheder_17/aarets-forskningsgennembrud-2017/" alt="Årets forskningsgennembrud 2017" title="Årets forskningsgennembrud 2017"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/Nyheder/nyheder_17/aarets-forskningsgennembrud-2017/eso1733s-sammenstoed.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/Nyheder/nyheder_17/aarets-forskningsgennembrud-2017/ Fri, 22 Dec 2017 12:45:00 +0100 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/from-deep-under-the-antartica-surface-icecube-has-collected-new-knowledge-about-high-energy-neutrinos/ High-energy neutrinos ‘caught’ in Antarctica Scientists from NBI were part of an international...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/from-deep-under-the-antartica-surface-icecube-has-collected-new-knowledge-about-high-energy-neutrinos/" alt="From deep under the Antartica-surface: IceCube has collected new knowledge about high-energy neutrino physics" title="From deep under the Antartica-surface: IceCube has collected new knowledge about high-energy neutrino physics"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/from-deep-under-the-antartica-surface-icecube-has-collected-new-knowledge-about-high-energy-neutrinos/neutrino55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/from-deep-under-the-antartica-surface-icecube-has-collected-new-knowledge-about-high-energy-neutrinos/ Thu, 23 Nov 2017 11:15:00 +0100 https://nbi.ku.dk/Nyheder/nyheder_17/neutronstjerners-sammenstoed-rystede-universet/ For første gang er det lykkedes at opfange tyngdebølger såvel som lys fra to kolliderende...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/Nyheder/nyheder_17/neutronstjerners-sammenstoed-rystede-universet/" alt="Neutronstjerners sammenstød rystede universet" title="Neutronstjerners sammenstød rystede universet"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/Nyheder/nyheder_17/neutronstjerners-sammenstoed-rystede-universet/eso1733s-sammenstoed.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/Nyheder/nyheder_17/neutronstjerners-sammenstoed-rystede-universet/ Tue, 17 Oct 2017 09:30:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/Nyheder/nyheder_17/astronomerne-har-faaet-en-ekstra-sans/ Nu er det for første gang lykkedes at detektere tyngdebølger såvel som elektromagnetiske...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/Nyheder/nyheder_17/astronomerne-har-faaet-en-ekstra-sans/" alt="Astronomerne har fået en ekstra sans" title="Astronomerne har fået en ekstra sans"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/Nyheder/nyheder_17/astronomerne-har-faaet-en-ekstra-sans/eso1733c.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/Nyheder/nyheder_17/astronomerne-har-faaet-en-ekstra-sans/ Mon, 16 Oct 2017 13:30:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/Nyheder/nyheder_17/nu-er-det-bevist-her-kommer-de-tunge-grundstoffer-fra/ Opdagelsen af en kilonova fremkommet ved sammenstødet mellem to neutronstjerner bringer forskerne...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/Nyheder/nyheder_17/nu-er-det-bevist-her-kommer-de-tunge-grundstoffer-fra/" alt="Nu kan vi finde ud af, hvor de tunge grundstoffer kommer fra" title="Nu kan vi finde ud af, hvor de tunge grundstoffer kommer fra"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/Nyheder/nyheder_17/nu-er-det-bevist-her-kommer-de-tunge-grundstoffer-fra/grundsofferne.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/Nyheder/nyheder_17/nu-er-det-bevist-her-kommer-de-tunge-grundstoffer-fra/ Mon, 16 Oct 2017 12:45:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/Nyheder/nyheder_17/saadan-gjorde-de-den-stoerste-videnskabelige-opdagelse-i-nyere-tid/ En videnskabelig sensation kom i hus, da tusindvis af forskere samarbejdede om at måle tyngdebølger...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/Nyheder/nyheder_17/saadan-gjorde-de-den-stoerste-videnskabelige-opdagelse-i-nyere-tid/" alt="Sådan gjorde de: Den største astronomiske opdagelse i nyere tid" title="Sådan gjorde de: Den største astronomiske opdagelse i nyere tid"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/Nyheder/nyheder_17/saadan-gjorde-de-den-stoerste-videnskabelige-opdagelse-i-nyere-tid/saadan-gjorde-de1100.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/Nyheder/nyheder_17/saadan-gjorde-de-den-stoerste-videnskabelige-opdagelse-i-nyere-tid/ Mon, 16 Oct 2017 12:00:00 +0200