The particle accelerator at the Paul Scherrer Institute in Villigen, Switzerland, used to carry out the experiments. (Markus ...

The Earth orbits the Sun. Then why doesn't the Earth fly away from the Sun into the depths of space? The one who provided the ...

Physicists have proven a 100-year-old prediction of relativity by showing that Einstein's equivalence principle holds at quantum scales.

A speculative mission concept proposes sending laser-powered, gram-scale spacecraft to a black hole that could potentially ...

For more than a century, quantum mechanics and Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity have each passed countless tests, but physicists have struggled to reconcile the two. Now, scientists in ...

We've seen it happen in science fiction, but could artificial gravity actually be generated for future space travellers?

Examining Einstein’s equivalence principle The atom chip used in the quantum Galileo interferometer experiment. In the ...

Scientists observed hints of Einstein's gravity operating at a quantum scale, marking progress toward unifying general relativity and quantum mechanics.

ストレンジ物質のように「ブラックホールに吸い込まれて終わり」というありきたりな結末を拒み、一波乱起こし得る理論物理学上の「対ブラックホール・ダークホース」は、実はいくつか存在します。

NASA is preparing to launch its next flagship space observatory, one that scientists plan to use to investigate some of the ...

NASA's latest space telescope may up-end our entire model of the cosmos by taking a closer look at a shadowy phenomenon dubbed "dark energy".

Explore rogue planets, unbound worlds drifting through interstellar space. Discover their mysterious origins, potential for ...