Galaxies, planets, black holes: to most people, everything about our Universe sounds and feels enormous. But while it's true that much of what happens millions of light years away is large, there are ...

Analysis - Galaxies, planets, black holes: to most people, everything about our Universe sounds and feels enormous. But while it's true that much of what happens millions of light years away is large, ...

What makes something quantum? This question has kept a small but dedicated fraction of the world’s population – most of them ...

What did Newton understand that was such a revolution? Can someone just... explain gravity to me? Let's start with a ...

Unlike previous models, which required exotic matter, this new study reveals that pure gravity -- without additional matter fields -- can generate regular black holes without singularities. This ...

Traditional black holes, as predicted by Albert Einstein's theory of General Relativity, contain what are known as singularities, i.e. points where the laws of physics break down. Identifying how ...

Chien-Shiung Wu’s trailblazing but largely forgotten achievement features in a recent profile of the influential physicist.