Study sees consciousness as the universe’s foundation, not atoms
Most school science lessons start with particles and forces. Matter comes first. Atoms build molecules, molecules build cells,…
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…
Superconducting quantum circuits: At the heart of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics
Although motivated by the fundamental exploration of the weirdness of the quantum world, the prizewinning experiments have led…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Radio Signals and Heartbeat Jets From 3I/ATLAS Suggest a Coordinated, Non-Random Pattern Emerging
3I/ATLAS (Image Credit: Michael Jaeger in Australia) Two separate anomalies—one in radio frequencies, one in jet mechanics—now appear…
High hopes for quantum technologies
Although still in its early stages, quantum computing is advancing rapidly, along with quantum technologies as a whole.…
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…
Simulating the Milky Way Like Never Before—And It’s More Detailed Than Ever
The simulation marks a significant leap in both astrophysics and computational science. Traditionally, simulating galaxies at such a…