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

Wormholes are often imagined as tunnels through space or time—shortcuts across the universe. But this image rests on a ...

Quantum computing is slowly entering the mainstream, as more people discuss the technology and its potential within ...

Time travel has long lived in the realm of science fiction, but a prominent futurist now argues that humans could effectively ...

Since Einstein, physicists have found that certain entities can reach superluminal (that means "faster-than-light") speeds and still follow the cosmic rules laid down by special relativity.

A 'boom' of light that appears when a particle exceeds the speed of light set by a medium could, in other contexts, signal a ...

Physicists are quietly advancing a radical idea: time might not be a single, thin line but a full three‑dimensional landscape ...

Misdiagnosis of ALS inspired academic to work on the development of the technology that may help avoid similar mistakes ...

In an unprecedented step, researchers crafted a detailed model compatible with the universe’s accelerated expansion.

In the real world, convinced that aliens were planning to beam him into the sky, Daniel says that he repeatedly drove his ...

In 1929, Ernest Orlando Lawrence invented the cyclotron: a compact, efficient particle accelerator that used magnets. Two ...