A recent study proposes that gravity, the force shaping galaxies and anchoring planets, might not be fundamental after all.

The big thinkers at Aperture explain relativity and how it warps the fabric of spacetime. Vance: 'Gaslighting' on ICE shooting 'off the charts' House fails to override Trump's vetoes of two Republican ...

According to @ai_darpa, an advanced AI-generated visualization demonstrates how mass curves spacetime, enabling smaller objects to naturally orbit within gravity wells created by heavier bodies. This ...

According to @ai_darpa, an advanced AI-generated visualization demonstrates how mass curves spacetime, enabling smaller objects to naturally orbit within gravity wells created by heavier bodies. This ...

Astronomers have finally captured a black hole twisting the very fabric of spacetime. This phenomenon, known as frame-dragging or Lense-Thirring precession, confirms a cornerstone of Einstein’s ...

A violent stellar disruption recorded in 2024 has given astronomers their most comprehensive evidence yet of a black hole twisting the very fabric of spacetime around itself. This effect is known as ...

Public trust in the media and in data has been undercut by information overload, relentless social media cycles, and targeted influence campaigns. Whether driven by politics, social movements, or ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London. Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and ...

Harrison Barnes used a visualization tool to help him improve. Illustration: Dan Goldfarb / The Athletic; Logan Riely / NBAE / Getty Images Editor’s note: This story is part of Peak, The Athletic’s ...

Spacetime isn’t something that exists; it’s a model for describing how events happen. Treating events as objects creates philosophical confusion and fuels misconceptions, such as time-travel paradoxes ...

Nearly 60 years ago, the original Star Trek series ignited a dream in the public’s imagination: that one day, people would travel the galaxy in ships propelled by faster-than-light “warp drives.” The ...

The universe may not only be geometry and energy—but also memory. And in that memory, every moment of cosmic history may still be written. For more than a century, physics has been built on two great ...