Negative energy may not be the showstopper it might be the geometry. That’s the bottom line from the latest warp‑drive study ...

For the first time, scientists have observed a swirling distortion in spacetime caused by a rapidly spinning black hole—an ...

Scientists detect a 20-day wobble from a star-shredding black hole, confirming spacetime twisting predicted by Einstein.

The cosmos has served up a gift for a group of scientists who have been searching for one of the most elusive phenomena in ...

Three thought experiments involving “demons” have haunted physics for centuries. What should we make of them today?

Black holes are notoriously difficult to spot unless they are active, and one type of activity is the destruction of a star, ...

If you're going to Mars you'd best take along a jar of anti-aging cream because while you're there you're going to age faster ...

Einstein's Genius on Redefining Space, Time, and Relativity ...

The idea that we might be living in a simulated reality has worried us for centuries. Now physicists have found some ...

FROSTI is a new adaptive optics system that precisely corrects distortions in LIGO’s mirrors caused by extreme laser power.

Researchers at TU Wien have integrated quantum physics with general relativity, revealing significant departures from ...

When I was five years old, my family moved into a 1930s semi-detached house with a long strip of garden. At the end of the garden was a miniature orchard of eight apple trees the previous owners had ...