A Star Trek–inspired idea by Miguel Alcubierre kicked off decades of theory and experiments as scientists pursue plausible ...

In 1999, Belgian physicist Chris Van Den Broeck implemented a minor alteration to Alcubierre’s concept by shrinking the ...

Physicists have demonstrated with unprecedented accuracy that the speed of light remains constant. In 1887, a landmark physics experiment was carried out by American researchers Michelson and Morley.

The two stars in the nearby system ZTF J2130 are spiraling toward a catastrophic supernova. In the meantime, scientists are ...

Quantum theory fails to explain how the reality we experience emerges from the world of particles. A new take on quantum ...

In the world of astrophysics, Stephen Hawking’s predictions about black holes have always sparked fascination and debate.

Researchers used the f(R, L, T) gravity framework and the Van der Waals equation of state to create a mathematically sound ...

Enthralling and perplexing, black holes continue to inspire the pens of many science fiction writers and screenwriters. But ...

In 1919, physicist Theodor Kaluza hypothesized that extra dimensions might solve some outstanding problems in physics. And ...

Physicists have determined that most of the universe is dark matter -- invisible to us but affecting the universe anyway.

The speed of light has been one of science’s most trusted markers of stability. For more than a century, the idea that light ...

In 2005, scientists announced that moss could grow inside of spaceships. The little plants the scientists sent up on NASA ...