The mystery of dark matter—unseen, pervasive, and essential in standard cosmology—has loomed over physics for decades. In new ...

For nearly a century, astronomers have watched galaxies spin and the universe expand in ways that visible matter alone cannot ...

Of the four fundamental forces of physics, gravity is the one we’re most familiar with in everyday life, but it’s also the only one that can’t currently be explained by quantum physics. Now scientists ...

For more than a century, modern physics has rested on two towering frameworks that do not quite agree with each other.

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A team of researchers led by the University of Warwick has developed the first unified framework for detecting "spacetime ...

Dark matter is currently the most widely accepted hypothesis for explaining some of the weirdness we see in the cosmos – but it’s not the only possibility. Now, a team of astronomers has discovered ...

Nobel laureate Steven Weinberg was rewarded as well, for his varied and continuing contributions to physics. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

CHICO — What goes up, must come down. The sounds of at least 400 children counting down to see pumpkins falling from the sky reverberated Thursday from Trinity Commons at Chico State as the children ...