Scientist says he may have detected dark matter, the invisible cosmic glue that no-one has ever seen
A scientist using a powerful NASA space telescope says he may have finally detected dark matter. Dark matter…
The Universe Was Warm Before It Was Bright
So first the Big Bang happens. Everything is incredibly hot and dense; there are photons flying everywhere, but…
Looking for inconsistencies in the fine structure constant – Physics World
Looking for inconsistencies in the fine structure constant – Physics World Skip to main content Discover more from…
What Time Is It on Mars? NIST Physicists Have the Answer.
This image from the Mars Global Surveyor Mars Orbiter Camera shows the region Ares Vallis and the Chryse…
For the first time ever, researchers made a photon travel back in time
Shattered glass does not leap back into your hand. Smoke from a match does not gather itself and…
Scientists Uncover Hidden Wormholes That Could Be Warping Reality as We Know It
In a recently published study in Physical Review D, Greek scientists propose that nano-wormholes may help resolve one…
That Plate You Just Dropped Followed a Weirdly Predictable Rule You’ve Never Heard Of
One innate (perhaps underappreciated) function of physics is to explain and generalize how stuff works in the real…
High hopes for quantum technologies
Although still in its early stages, quantum computing is advancing rapidly, along with quantum technologies as a whole.…
The 9 biggest gaps in our understanding of cosmic history
Sign up for the Starts With a Bang newsletter Travel the universe with Dr. Ethan Siegel as he…
French scientists discover law that predicts how most objects shatter
Fragmentation, the way objects break into pieces, has long intrigued scientists. Researchers have observed that broken objects tend…
Have gravitational waves provided the first hint of primordial black holes born during the Big Bang?
Scientists may have “heard” the first tantalizing hints of long-theorized primordial black holes born during the Big Bang.…
Chinese team simulates quantum state that resists errors from start
Quantum computers promise to tackle problems that are unsolvable for today’s machines, but their basic units (qubits) are…