Predicted by Einstein and dismissed as undetectable, gravitational waves were finally heard in 2016. Now, with observatories ...

Researchers successfully freeze light into a supersolid, a groundbreaking discovery with potential applications in quantum computing and energy transport.

For decades, he hid his time-travel obsession. Now, he is challenging the assumptions that underpin our universe.

Einstein had the opposite condition – hyperphantasia. His famous thought experiments regarding the speed of light and its relationship to time were intimately connected to an acute ability to ...

To test the limits, the researchers started by firing a powerful, ultrafast laser into the side of a volunteer’s head. The ...

For decades, teleportation was only a concept found in science fiction perfected by Star Trek’s venerable transporter beam. But in May 2025, Northwestern University researchers made a discovery that ...

Bending light beams Photos by Gabriela Campos The New Mexican Jun 18, 2025 Updated Jun 20, 2025 0 1 of 2 ...

Plugging numbers into their solver revealed that blending three suitably strong laser beams and their electromagnetic fields can generate a level of polarization that forces virtual photons to part ...

Physicists at the University of Colorado Boulder have created a groundbreaking quantum device that can measure 3D acceleration using ultracold atoms, something once thought nearly impossible. By ...

At the core of the galaxy Messier 87 (M87), a cosmic behemoth is challenging preconceptions. Renowned for being the first black hole ever directly photographed, the supermassive black hole M87 has ...

A computer simulation shows how two neutron stars of unequal mass merge, form a black hole and spit out a jet of high energy matter.

Karsten Warholm, Julien Alfred and Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis lit up Thursday's star-studded Diamond League meet in Oslo where Jamaican sprint legend Usain Bolt was on hand to lend further glitter ...