Dark matter seems invisible, but it makes up most matter, and we have evidence that it gives the cosmos its shape. Now ...

We experience the flow of time because it’s a natural outcome of the basic laws of physics. But we may need to build a whole ...

Whether trying to design secure sensor networks, mine data or use origami to deploy satellites, the underlying language and ideas are likely to be that of topology.

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For measuring curvature of 3D (hyper) surface we need solid angles instead of plane angles. General relativity (GR), which explains events on the greatest cosmological scale, and quantum mechanics (QM ...

A theoretical phenomenon proposed by famed physicist Stephen Hawking may have changed the shape of the universe, new research proposes. In the 1970s, Hawking introduced a groundbreaking concept: Black ...

Dark matter and gas in the universe. There may be more dark matter than we think. Credit: Illustris, CC BY-SA No matter how elegant your theory is, experimental data will have the last word.

The universe may be vast, but researchers have multiple points of evidence that reveal its shape.