The first technique capable of measuring the pull of gravity on a particle just microns in diameter could aid the quest for a quantum...

IntroductionPhysicists have deduced subtle hints that the mysterious “dark” energy that drives the universe to expand faster and faster may be slightly weakening with...

Gravastars, hypothetical alternatives to black holes, could end up nested inside one another like a Russian Matryoshka doll  – according to new calculations that...

In the search for a cosmological model that perfectly explains our universe, most astronomers invoke the notion of dark matter. But...

What is the universe made of? This question has driven astronomers for hundreds of years.For the past quarter of a century, scientists have believed...

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Jonathan Oppenheim at University College London has developed a new theoretical framework that aims to...

A protocol for testing the quantum nature of large objects – that, in principle, could...

IntroductionAlbert Einstein’s general theory of relativity has been wildly successful at describing how gravity works and how it shapes the large-scale structure of the...

A. Douglas K. Plato1, Dennis Rätzel2,3, and Chuanqi Wan1Institut für Physik, Universität Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Straße 23, 18059 Rostock, Germany2ZARM, University of Bremen, Am Fallturm 2,...

IntroductionAstronomers have found an extra-low hum rumbling through the universe. The discovery, announced today, shows that extra-large ripples in space-time are constantly squashing and changing...

IntroductionHeat death held a morbid fascination for Victorian-era physicists. It was an early example of how everyday physics connects to the grandest themes in...