Physics

The Rings of Power: The science behind the mesmerizing title credits

This cosmic object was pivotal in the first picture of the Milky Way's black hole

Space satellite proves a crucial test of Einstein's theories

Opinion: Physicists can now use lasers to move atoms in previously untested ways

UAE’s Mars mission just discovered a startling atmospheric phenomenon above the Red Planet

Physicists accidentally re-created a rare, weird galaxy in the lab

Physicists discover a mind-bending puzzle about protons at the quantum level

A new plasma-based technology could be crucial for living on Mars

Astronomers discovered the earliest known dark matter — and it's not behaving as predicted

Scientists at CERN have discovered too many particles for physics to keep up

Astronomers pinpoint the source of a mysterious cosmic particle

Earth is spinning too fast — the consequences for timekeeping may be unprecedented

After stellar ancestors exploded as supernovae, their stardust formed our Solar System

The home of the future could never let your smartphone battery die

Large Hadron Collider: What the Higgs boson revealed to physicists.

Large Hadron Collider physicists find new particles in old data

Astronomers discover a quirky star with a surprisingly galactic feature

Large Hadron Collider restart: Time, experiments, and search for unknown physics

In the search for dark matter, an unexpected tool may give scientists hope

Rogue star gatecrashes cosmic baby-making party

Scientists just laid the cornerstone of our quantum internet future

Why scientists think physics could be in for a reckoning

Real-life time travel hinges on this one controversial scientific theory

How the new Large Hadron Collider experiments could change physics forever

The grossest idea from The Matrix could lower your energy bill

The best sci-fi thriller on Netflix reveals a provocative spin on time travel

Science and superheroes invented the multiverse by mistake — they’re still fighting over it today

Physicists are on the brink of unlocking an elusive particle’s secrets

Scientists finally know why Oreo filling always sticks to one side

3000 years after the Babylonians, the marriage of math and science is as important as ever

"Quantum spin liquid": Scientists squeeze water into a new form of matter

Look! A lopsided supernova may be hiding a mysterious void

Another Earth? The real science of the multiverse isn't what you think

New data on an elusive particle could upend physics as we know it

How a null neutrino result could still help us find antimatter

Molecular chemistry debunks a misguided pasta cooking technique

New atomic clocks could herald in a "second quantum revolution"

Inside the FBI's secret Einstein file: Flying saucers and Soviet conspiracies

Scientists are tantalizingly close to a ground-breaking gravity discovery

The controversial search for a genius in the remains of Einstein’s brain

107 years ago, Albert Einstein created new physics — and a new cult of celebrity

107 years later, scientists have vindicated one of Einstein’s most remarkable theories

Do you really think Albert Einstein was a genius? Here's what the history shows

Scientists managed to take pure energy and create matter — and new physics

Physicists are finally ready to test a key Einstein theory

What Einstein got wrong: Five ideas that missed the mark

What did Einstein eat? Inside the diet of the famed physicist

Einstein Week 2022

Nuclear fusion might finally be within our grasp

Quantum gravity sensors could finally overcome a major issue raised by Einstein