Of the four fundamental forces of nature, gravity is the one we experience most directly ‪—‬ it's what keeps our feet on the ground and the sun in the sky. Yet we still can't pin down its exact ...

In 1973, John Archibald Wheeler described the relationship between space and matter in two sentences: “Space acts on matter, telling it how to move. In turn, matter reacts back on space, telling it ...

Sometimes, you work tirelessly on a problem, only to realise you have been going about it all backwards. Imagine trying to fit a massive antique piano through a tiny doorway. You have tried everything ...

After 10 years of painstaking measurements, physicist Stephan Schlamminger stood in a hotel water park, waiting for a career-defining moment. His new measurement of the gravitational constant, or G, ...

Have you heard the rumor online that the Earth’s gravity will be turned off for 7 seconds this August 12th? If you have, don’t panic. This is not going to happen. The original conspiracy theory that ...

When Artemis II took off from the Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday, it had one especially cute crew member aboard — Rise, a stuffed toy created by an 8-year-old boy from California that will indicate ...

Many countries want nothing to do with the fighting in Iran. They’re being pulled in anyway. By Josh Holder Many forces have pulled reluctant nations into war throughout history. Countries may feel ...

Gravity may seem constant, but it actually varies across the planet—and one of the strangest places is Antarctica, where gravity is slightly weaker than expected. Scientists have traced this “gravity ...

In recent weeks, a rumor claiming that Earth would “lose gravity” for 7 seconds on August 12, 2026, has whipped up an online frenzy. Social media users warned the catastrophe would kill tens of ...

It was quite a leap. Conspiracy theorists are being brought back down to Earth after NASA scientists debunked a wild claim that the space agency was hiding knowledge about an event that could result ...

In early January 2026, a rumor circulated online that Earth would "lose gravity" for seven seconds on Aug. 12, 2026 — leading to "40 million deaths from falls," among other cataclysmic outcomes.

For close to a century, scientists have been trying to marry Albert Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity and quantum theory—our two best bets on understanding the universe on a macroscopic and ...