During the latter part of the 20th century, string theory was put forward as a unifying theory of physics foundations. String ...

Einstein believed that black holes didn't really exist. But they do: that much we know. We don't know much else about them.

Supermazes” are theoretical structures that provide a fresh blueprint for understanding the microscopic complexity of black ...

In the vast universe, galaxies rotate in ways that don’t make sense if only visible matter is considered. For almost a ...

After fleeing Nazi Germany for the United States in 1933, Albert Einstein spent the final years of his life in America. Though he failed to contribute any more groundbreaking scientific contributions, ...

From Albert Einstein to William Shakespeare, historians have been left scratching their heads at what happened to the noggins ...

If dark energy is weakening, it stands to reason that eventually gravity will become dominant and the universe will begin to contract. In such a scenario, the universe would collapse back into a ...

This year, the scientific community is celebrating the 100th anniversary of quantum mechanics, which changed our ...

Asked whether he thinks time is an illusion, Torrengo removes his glasses. Time, he says, is akin to the blurriness of the world seen without spectacles: “an experience of something that elicits a ...

Physicists are reshaping our understanding of black holes in new research that maps theoretical structures within them known ...