It's estimated there may be trillions of rogue planets wandering through the Milky Way, unbound to any star. Since detecting ...

Astronomers have finally watched a black hole do something Albert Einstein only described on paper: twist the very fabric of ...

The rapid acceleration of the universe’s expansion continues to challenge our understanding of fundamental physics. Why the ...

For the first time, astronomers have directly observed a spinning black hole bending space and time, as predicted in Albert ...

Astronomers have obtained the sharpest-ever X-ray spectrum of an iconic active galaxy, providing the most accurate, precise ...

Quantum theory and Einstein's theory of general relativity are two of the greatest successes in modern physics. Each works ...

If you’re concerned about getting every microsecond out of life, then you might not want to migrate to Mars. Using extremely ...

Astronomers have seen spacetime itself wobble near a spinning black hole for the first time. The discovery, revealed during a star’s destruction, confirms a major prediction of Einstein’s theory of ...

The Princeton that Albert Einstein knew in 1933 was sharply divided by the color line; a long-established border—marked by ...

The much anticipated series finale of Netflix's Stranger Things is predicated on wormholes — a concept in physics that often appears in science fiction. So what are wormholes?

C hina has decided to take hypergravity to a whole new level – testing both materials and fundamental physics in a regime we ...

The concept of a warp drive has become a cultural icon ever since Star Trek's Captain Kirk said, "Warp Drive, Mr. Scott," to initiate faster-than-light travel for the Starship Enterprise.