A new warp-drive study proposes a novel segmented design that brings hyper-fast space travel one step closer to becoming a ...

Scientists are testing a novel way to measure cosmic expansion using time delays in gravitationally lensed quasars. Their ...

A sudden X-ray flare from a supermassive black hole in galaxy NGC 3783 triggered ultra-fast winds racing outward at a fifth the speed of light—an event never witnessed before. Using XMM-Newton and ...

Researchers have found a razor-thin, rotating string of galaxies inside a massive cosmic filament, revealing unexpected ...

A brilliant point of light is rising in the eastern sky soon after dark this month, drawing comparisons to the "Star of ...

If you're going to Mars you'd best take along a jar of anti-aging cream because while you're there you're going to age faster ...

In the end, the Universe becomes a place where gravity and quantum physics slowly turn all mass into faint streams of particles.

Warp drives have long lived in the realm of science fiction, but the underlying physics that inspired them is very real and ...

Using cutting-edge algorithms and exascale supercomputers, researchers have created the most realistic simulations yet of matter flowing into black holes. Building on decades of research, a group of c ...

An interview with Marumi Kado highlights the challenges and opportunities of the Future Circular Collider in particle physics ...

In 1919, a total solar eclipse offered the only chance to test Albert Einstein's radical new theory of gravity, General ...

A new study by researchers at the University of Amsterdam shows how gravitational waves from black holes can be used to ...