For the past decade, scientists have been trying to get to the bottom of what seemed like a major inconsistency in the ...

Wide binary stars with separation greater than about 2000 astronomical units are interesting natural laboratories that allow ...

Black hole and Big Bang singularities break our best theory of gravity. A trilogy of theorems hints that physicists must go ...

I am an astrophysicist, and one of the first things I learned in my studies is how light often behaves in ways that defy our intuitions.

From space, the Atomic Clock Ensemble in Space will link to some of the most accurate clocks on Earth to create a ...

The European Space Agency’s ACES mission could ultimately pave the way for a global network of atomic clocks that make these ...

Across the pages of Hindu scriptures, there are tales where time bends, realities duplicate, and consciousness transcends the ...

Let’s reimagine the walk of all walks. Not just a neighborhood stroll or a long-distance trek, but a bold journey to the ...

According to Einstein, time is not fixed - it changes depending on speed and gravity. On Mercury, closer proximity to the Sun slows time ever so slightly. This episode explores gravitational time ...

Finding out whether gravity – and therefore space-time itself – is quantum in nature has long been thought impossible. But ...