Light can travel for billions of years yet experience no time
A photon emitted from a star a billion light-years away arrives at a telescope having experienced no time…
Newly discovered ripples in spacetime put Einstein’s general relativity to the test
When black holes collide, the crash generates ripples in the fabric of spacetime—gravitational waves. These distortions travel far…
A New Theory Says Gravity May Come From Entropy—Which Could Lead to a Unified Theory of Physics
Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: A new theory suggests that gravity could possibly be…
Black holes are twisting the universe: New discovery shows Einstein was right |
Some discoveries arrive quietly, without fireworks or clean endings. Astronomers were watching a distant flare from a galaxy…
A New Theory Says Hidden Dimensions May Create Mass. That Would Rewrite Particle Physics.
Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Current theories suggest that W and Z bosons acquire…
A New Theory Suggests Mass May Emerge From Invisible Dimensions
A recent study published in Nuclear Physics B examines how hidden dimensions might influence the physical reality that…
Science fiction’s ‘warp drive’ is speeding closer to reality
Nearly 60 years ago, the original Star Trek series ignited a dream in the public’s imagination: that one…
New Method Proposed To Detect Universe’s Mysterious “Phantom Heat” Predicted by Einstein
A team in Japan has proposed a clever method to finally detect the mysterious Unruh effect, a predicted…