These bursts, or “transient temporal singularities,” might explain why the universe is expanding without needing mysterious ...

A novel way to find aliens might be through gravitational wave detection, Loeb says. He is interested in laser interferometry ...

During the latter part of the 20th century, string theory was put forward as a unifying theory of physics foundations. String ...

Physicists are finalizing plans for MATHUSLA, a powerful new addition to CERN's Large Hadron Collider that will detect ...

After netting the world’s highest-paying science award, preeminent theoretical physicist Gerard ’t Hooft reflects on his ...

"The three-dimensional world of ordinary experience—the universe filled with galaxies, stars, planets, houses, boulders, and people—is a hologram, an image of reality coded on a distant ...

In a study published in the journal Classical and Quantum Gravity, Dr. Richard Lieu, a physics professor at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), which is a part of The University of Alabama ...

Physicists think the insides of black holes may be complex mazes of tangled strings in higher dimensions Black holes, the ...

A new theory links gravity to quantum entropy and introduces the G-field, possibly explaining dark matter and cosmic ...

Teleology is the idea that some processes in nature are directed toward a goal or an end. Today, it is commonly asserted that ...

Physicists have proposed a new model of space-time that may provide the 'first observational evidence supporting string ...

Could a reactionless, gravity-defying propulsion system actually work? A former NASA engineer says yes, but scientists are ...