On Friday, Chico elementary students had a smashing time as they watched members of Chico State's Society of Physics drop ...

Explore the complex challenges of quantum gravity in this video, examining the evolution of gravity models and the necessity ...

It's a plot device beloved by science fiction: our entire universe might be a simulation running on some advanced ...

Just over a week ago, European physicists announced they had measured the strength of gravity on the smallest scale ever. In a clever tabletop experiment, researchers at Leiden University in the ...

Just over a week ago, European physicists announced they had measured the strength of gravity on the smallest scale ever. In a clever tabletop experiment, researchers at Leiden University in the ...

The theoretical physicist and best-selling author finds inspiration in politics and philosophy for rethinking space and time.

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. When it comes to understanding the fabric of the universe, most of what scientists think exists is consigned to a dark, murky domain.

There are few sports more exciting than playoff baseball, but behind every pitch there is also a fascinating story of physics ...

Black holes can’t be formed from pure light. Quantum physics would curb their creation under any foreseeable conditions, a new study suggests. Typically, matter is responsible for black holes. They’re ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...

This Star Trek concept ignited a dream that humans could one day travel faster than the speed of light. Now physicists are ...

In this era of precision medical imaging, it’s not uncommon to get a CT scan or MRI for one thing and have the radiologist find something altogether different. These incidental findings usually don’t ...