Werner Heisenberg's famous uncertainty principle describes one of the most intriguing features of quantum physics: certain ...

The question of how gravity interacts with the quantum world has long perplexed physicists, but a non-quantum theory of space ...

Time has always seemed like the one thing physics could count on. Matter changes, stars die, particles flicker in and out, ...

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One of the most awkward parts of writing a book is that, eventually, authors have to ask people for “blurbs” – the endorsements that you see on the cover of a book, encouraging you to buy it. I am now ...

Ripples in the fabric of space-time called gravitational waves may be the key to solving the Hubble tension — one of the ...

What if our biggest idea about reality is built on a hidden misunderstanding? A new philosophical look at space-time challenges the popular view that the past, present, and future all exist together ...

Exploring the BTZ black hole in (2+1)-dimensional gravity took me down a fascinating rabbit hole, connecting ideas I never expected—like black holes and topological phases in quantum matter! When I ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In the fall of 2022, a Princeton University graduate student named Carolina Figueiredo stumbled onto a massive coincidence. She ...

Whether space-time exists should neither be controversial nor even conceptually challenging, given the definitions of “space-time,” “events” and “instants.” The idea that space-time exists is no more ...