Scientists really don't understand time... but they do have some theories about what it might (and might not) be.
Discover the immense power and influence of Jupiter's gravity on our solar system and the role it plays in shaping our ...
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. At the beginning of time and the center of every black hole lies a point of infinite density called a singularity. To explore these ...
Scientists in Wales have built the world’s most sensitive table-top interferometer, which is a miniature, ultra-precise ...
Two blind spots torture physicists: the birth of the universe and the center of a black hole. The former may feel like a moment in time and the latter a point in space, but in both cases the normally ...
Exploring the BTZ black hole in (2+1)-dimensional gravity took me down a fascinating rabbit hole, connecting ideas I never expected—like black holes and topological phases in quantum matter! When I ...
In moments of emergency, super-concentration, or meditation, people report moments of “time expansion experiences,” or ...
Angry Birds 2 is headed back to space with a return of the fan-favourite biome in a new long-term community event.
Physicists hope that understanding the churning region near singularities might help them reconcile gravity and quantum mechanics. At the beginning of time and the center of every black hole lies a ...
If you wave your hand in front of your face, you won’t notice anything particularly interesting. Perhaps a gentle waft of air against your cheek – that’s about it. No epiphany. No major sign that ...
After a quarter of a century, the ISS is now accepting that its life is coming to an end, and a new version is not in NASA’s ...