Study claims the Universe will end sooner than we thought
Far in the future, long after stars stop shining, the universe will contain nothing but their leftovers: black…
An Oxford Physicist Is Shaking Up Our Understanding of Reality
Below, Vlatko Veral shares five key insights from his new book, Portals to a New Reality: Five Pathways…
The Primordial Black Hole Saga: Part 2 – Not Your Normal Black Holes
(This is Part 2 of a series on primordial black holes. Check out Part 1 here!) At the…
Hubble Tension: Gravitational Lenses Confirm That Something Is Still Broken In The Universe
Researchers have calculated one of the most precise estimates for the expansion rate of the universe today, and…
Radio Signals from Antarctica Have Experts Scrambling—They Defy All Known Science
The Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA) experiment was launched with the goal of detecting radio waves produced by…
Why Is Ice Slippery? A New Hypothesis Slides Into the Chat.
The reason we can gracefully glide on an ice-skating rink or clumsily slip on an icy sidewalk is…
Could the “Hubble Tension” Finally Be Solved? A New Cosmic Map May Hold the Answer
A new study, published on Arxiv, has deepened the cosmic puzzle surrounding the “Hubble tension,” an ongoing debate…
Time might not exist – and we’re starting to understand why
The nature of time is one of the most profound and longstanding problems in physics – one that…
Ancient Stars’ Explosive History Could Protect Earth From Cosmic Radiation
A fascinating study, published in The Astrophysical Journal, has shed light on a mysterious chapter in our Solar…
Neutron stars challenge the existence of long theorized fifth force
Neutron stars are what remain after giant stars collapse, leaving behind a body so dense that its core…
Hexatic phase melting observed in real-time in ultra-thin materials
Researchers from the University of Vienna have observed what happens when ultra-thin materials melt in unprecedented detail. Their…
Scientists are turning Earth into a giant detector for hidden forces shaping our Universe
By placing ultra-sensitive quantum spin sensors in orbit, SQUIRE gains orders-of-magnitude improvements in detecting exotic physics signals. This…