Famed physicist Stephen Hawking took gravity to its ultimate limits. In doing so, he made a number of significant advancements in our understanding of black holes, cosmology and quantum gravity. Plus, ...

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Researchers have discovered there was an anomaly in Earth's gravitational field between 2006 and 2008, potentially caused by ...

Astronomers detected in unprecedented detail a collision between two black holes. Their observations confirm predictions made ...

For two decades, scientists believed the cosmological constant, known as λ (lambda), was positive. That meant the Universe ...

Are we living in “The Matrix” in real life? In the 1999 science-fiction film, Neo discovers that the universe is a simulation — but one scientist believes that the idea isn’t all fiction. Dr. Melvin ...

In an astonishing feat of gravitational sleuthing, astronomers have found a mysterious, dense blob of invisible matter ...

Mosses may appear simple, but they’re far from fragile. They thrive in some of the harshest places on Earth — Antarctica, arid deserts, high mountain peaks and more. “We’ve long wondered about the ...

The concept of anti-gravity has captivated both scientists and dreamers for centuries, igniting imaginations and inspiring groundbreaking innovations. Although the term ‘anti-gravity’ frequently ...

Humans aren’t very efficient movers—until you put us on a bicycle, when we become some of the most energy-efficient land ...

Digestive gas gets the best of everyone sooner or later, often in the form of a burp. Burping is how the body clears excess gas from the upper digestive tract, which would otherwise result in ...

A giant pumpkin starts off as the perfect seed. Growers choose seeds that have yielded large pumpkins in the past or test new ...