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

An astrophysicist has shown that gravity may be able to exist without mass, a theory that suggests dark matter may not be necessary to explain phenomena observed in our universe. Dark matter is a ...

A viral conspiracy theory suggesting that the Earth will lose gravity for seven seconds in August this year has left people ...

In recent weeks, a rumor claiming that Earth would “lose gravity ” for 7 seconds on August 12, 2026, has whipped up an online frenzy. Social media users warned the catastrophe would kill tens of ...

There's no telling what will gain traction on social media, but one conspiracy theory has gained enough traction for NASA to ...

An international collaboration led by scientists mainly at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT) , Japan, has found that bone and muscle mass are regulated by the altered gravity. The ...

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Based on the results of our fact-checking, Tempo’s Fact-Checking Team concludes that the claim that the Earth will lose its ...

Is it time to rethink one of physics’ fundamental forces?

I've been trying to explain quantum physics, forces, relativity, and space-time to my kid and we had a question that I'm finding difficult to find a solid answer to. Background you can skip if you ...

What is mass? It seems like a synonym for weight, but that isn’t quite right. Weight is how we measure the pressure that gravity exerts upon things. But mass? Mass is the actual presence of an item — ...