By Elizabeth Landau, CNN (CNN) -- Black holes may be featured in "Star Trek" and "Event Horizon," but they're not just the stuff of science fiction. Now, there's new evidence that these gravity-powered matter-eaters have been around in abundance sinc… more »

(CNN) -- Katie Goldman's universe extends from her home to her first-grade classroom. She is a big sister to Annie Rose and Cleo, a piano player, a Spanish student, a wearer of glasses. She loathes the patch she has to wear for one lazy eye. She loves ma… more »

An event recorded by the ALICE experiment from the first lead-ion collisions. (CNN) -- Scientists say they are a step closer to recreating the conditions at the birth of the universe and to understanding life as we know it, after the successful colli… more »

AP GENEVA – The world's largest atom smasher conducted its first experiments at conditions nearing those after the Big Bang, breaking its own record for high-energy collisions with proton beams crashing into each other Tuesday at three times more force… more »