Space and time seem like two completely different ideas, but Einstein showed they are interlinked in what is known as ...

For more than a century, physics has been built on two great theories. Einstein's general relativity explains gravity as the ...

Shubhanshu Shukla recalled being cautious about releasing objects in his initial days on the station. “I had this strange ...

Ten events that would unfold if gravity suddenly vanished, beginning with the effects on our bodies and ending with the unraveling of the universe itself.

From Newton’s falling apple to Einstein’s curved spacetime, our understanding of gravity has come a long way, yet this ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. At the beginning of time and the center of every black hole lies a point of infinite density called a singularity. To explore these ...

Physicists are eyeing charged gravitinos—ultra-heavy, stable particles from supergravity theory—as possible Dark Matter ...

Seeking endorsements for her new book, Chanda Prescod-Weinstein finds herself staring at fundamental questions of space, time ...

If you wave your hand in front of your face, you won’t notice anything particularly interesting. Perhaps a gentle waft of air against your cheek – that’s about it. No epiphany. No major sign that ...

"Challenging long-held assumptions is essential to scientific progress." A team of scientists is proposing a bold alternative to the Big Bang theory, suggesting that our universe may have formed ...