Scientists detect a 20-day wobble from a star-shredding black hole, confirming spacetime twisting predicted by Einstein.

The cosmos has served up a gift for a group of scientists who have been searching for one of the most elusive phenomena in ...

Three thought experiments involving “demons” have haunted physics for centuries. What should we make of them today?

Black holes are notoriously difficult to spot unless they are active, and one type of activity is the destruction of a star, ...

The idea that a hidden fourth dimension could be woven into everyday reality is no longer just a science‑fiction trope.

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 ...

There's a big change to the 'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer' TV broadcast this year FBI chief pushes for 'accountability and ...

The idea that we might be living in a simulated reality has worried us for centuries. Now physicists have found some ...

FROSTI is a new adaptive optics system that precisely corrects distortions in LIGO’s mirrors caused by extreme laser power.

Researchers at TU Wien have integrated quantum physics with general relativity, revealing significant departures from ...

When I was five years old, my family moved into a 1930s semi-detached house with a long strip of garden. At the end of the garden was a miniature orchard of eight apple trees the previous owners had ...

Building on decades of effort, Lizhong Zhang, Member (2023–24) in the School of Natural Sciences; James Stone, Professor in ...