For decades, quantum physics and general relativity have stood as two powerful but separate theories. Quantum physics explains the behavior of tiny particles like atoms and photons. General relativity ...
Two different worlds, they live in two different worlds. Twin planets — the posh Up Top and the gritty Down Below, connected by a TransWorld tower — face each other in such intimate proximity that the ...
For more than a century, physics has been built on two great theories. Einstein's general relativity explains gravity as the ...
Space and time seem like two completely different ideas, but Einstein showed they are interlinked in what is known as ...
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Two blind spots torture physicists: the birth of the universe and the center of a black hole. The former may feel like a moment in time ...
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Robert Lea (created with Canva) A team of scientists has developed a recipe for black ...
“You can’t beat the view,” astronaut George Clooney says to NASA scientist Sandra Bullock as they gaze from their space station at the Earth, 372 miles below. Gravity enjoyed a similarly lofty view ...
NASA's GRACE satellite detected a large gravity anomaly over the Atlantic Ocean. Meanwhile, Earth-based observatories saw a rapid shift in the planet's geomagnetic field.
China put into operation the core equipment of its super-gravity centrifuge simulation and experiment facility, including the ...