A new theory suggests gravity could possibly be the result of entropy—which would mean everything in the universe would fall ...
Wormholes are often imagined as tunnels through space or time—shortcuts across the universe. But this image rests on a ...
Physicists have long treated space and time as the stage on which quantum particles perform, not as actors in the drama ...
Every time a coffee mug drops, a satellite orbits or an astronaut floats, we are watching the same phenomenon play out under ...
A violent stellar disruption recorded in 2024 has given astronomers their most comprehensive evidence yet of a black hole twisting the very fabric of spacetime around itself. This effect is known as ...
Our universe plays by certain rules, which originate from different branches of physics. But sometimes the rules seem ...
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. At the beginning of time and the center of every black hole lies a point of infinite density called a singularity. To explore these ...