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

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Most of today’s leading theoretical physicists have a shared perspective about what the next revolution in physics will look like. They think reconciling Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity ...

Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman and U.S. Space Forces Indo-Pacific commander, Brig. Gen. Anthony Mastalir, meet at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, May 3, 2024. Credit: U.S. Air ...

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 ...

The following is an extract from our Lost in Space-Time newsletter. Each month, we hand over the keyboard to a physicist or two to tell you about fascinating ideas from their corner of the universe.

The state-of-the-art data sonification system translates pixels of celestial objects into sounds, thereby composing melodious classical symphonies.

To say that we don’t understand the earliest moments of the universe would be an understatement. Indeed, the first second after the Big Bang featured not only the most extreme conditions ever ...