These discoveries from 2021, if true, could shake up science

Hidden subatomic particles and the oldest animal fossils are among findings that need more evidence

a map of the milky way with dots that might indicate anti-matter stars

Fourteen celestial sources of gamma rays (colored dots in this all-sky map of the Milky Way; yellow indicates bright sources and blue shows dim sources) may come from stars made of antimatter.

SIMON DUPOURQUÉ/IRAP

Discoveries in 2021 dared the world to consider grand possibilities in physics, space and the origins of life.