Our universe plays by certain rules, which originate from different branches of physics. But sometimes the rules seem ...

The accelerating expansion of the universe is usually explained by an invisible force known as dark energy. But a new study ...

For over a century, quantum mechanics and Einstein’s general relativity have stood as the cornerstones of modern physics, yet their unification remains one of science’s greatest challenges. Now, ...

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

The answer comes from a counterintuitive result of special relativity, a field of physics which is notoriously difficult to ...

Albert Einstein’s theory of gravity, general relativity, is famously incomplete. As proven by physics Nobel laureate Roger Penrose, when matter collapses under its own gravitational pull, the result ...

Why the universe is expanding faster and faster remains one of the biggest open questions in physics. Current theories cannot ...