For centuries, the principle of symmetry has guided physicists towards more fundamental truths, but now a slew of shocking findings suggest a far stranger idea from quantum theory could be a deeper dr ...

For a generation, cosmologists have treated dark energy as a fixed backdrop, a steady pressure stretching space faster and ...

Since Einstein, physicists have found that certain entities can reach superluminal (that means "faster-than-light") speeds and still follow the cosmic rules laid down by special relativity.

Einstein’s claim that the speed of light is constant has survived more than a century of scrutiny—but scientists are still ...

KEY OBSERVATIONS Light from a dead star exploded ten billion years ago, yet it reached Earth not once, but several times, ...

Albert Einstein was intrigued by a simple puzzle: an old car must travel 2 miles at an average of 30 mph. The twist? Its structure makes the solution impossible. Can you solve it?

But there are several important anomalies, including a widely debated one called the Hubble tension. It is named after Edwin ...

Time seems to pass faster with age, but curiosity and creative engagement may help slow this perception down, protecting well ...

Nearly a century after Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr turned a technical disagreement into a philosophical duel, a new ...

A new research paper reframes the simulation hypothesis, asking whether reality could be simulated and what science can test.

Levi’s Vintage Clothing released a limited-edition reproduction of Albert Einstein’s Menlo Cossack Leather Jacket It’s limited to 800 hand-numbered pieces and retains the original 1935 design Each ...

Chris Impey has received funding from NASA, NSF, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and the Templeton Foundation. If you look across space with a telescope, you’ll see countless galaxies, most of which ...