About 100 years ago Albert Einstein—based on his theory of general relativity--predicted the existence of gravitational waves, but thought the waves too small to measure. Confirmation of their ...

Presented by: Professor Orit Peleg, Department of Physics and Computer Science, University of Colorado Boulder 2:30 p.m. Abstract: Imagine a world where communication doesn't depend on words, but on ...

When Yale physics professor Jack Harris was a postdoctoral associate at Harvard, renowned physicist Nergis Mavalvala showed him around the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s facilities, ...

Gravity is a ubiquitous part of our daily lives — whether we’re being tragically brought to our knees after tripping on the rug or gleefully jumping from a swing’s apex. But despite how common the ...

At least when it comes to physical reality, which I define here as that which exists in the cosmos, there is no such thing as complete emptiness. Quite the opposite, it seems that the more we learn ...

On Sept. 14, 2015, University of Chicago scientists were part of the international team to make the first direct detection of ripples in the fabric of space-time from the collision of two black holes ...

The study of relativistic effects in gravitational fields remains at the forefront of physics research, refining our comprehension of space‐time and its intricate interplay with matter. Notably, ...

If the recent discovery of gravitational waves emanating from the early universe holds up under scrutiny, it will illuminate a connection between gravity and quantum mechanics and perhaps, in the ...

Zone of divergence: A section through the centre of mass, O, of a planet and the single point, S, on the surface of the planet that touches its Brillouin sphere. The point O is the centre of the ...

Quantum scale gravity has long been a mystery to physics, but things could be starting to change. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

If you’re superstitious, a black cat in your path is bad luck, even if you keep your distance. Likewise, in quantum physics, particles can feel the influence of magnetic fields that they never come ...