Time travel has shifted from pure fantasy to a serious, if highly constrained, topic in modern physics. The equations that describe gravity, quantum fields and the structure of spacetime now allow ...

In this last part of our series on recently digitized books from the Wenner Collection, we are focusing on works that ...

Quantum theory and Einstein's theory of general relativity are two of the greatest successes in modern physics. Each works ...

So far, the most accurate model describing gravity is still Einstein’s theory of general relativity. It states that gravity as we feel and observe it is a kind of side effect of the fabric of ...

The universe’s accelerating expansion has long puzzled physicists. For decades, dark energy, an unseen force thought to make ...

Quantum mechanics and relativity are the two pillars of modern physics. However, for over a century, their treatment of space ...

Einstein’s claim that the speed of light is constant has survived more than a century of scrutiny—but scientists are still ...

The answer comes from a counterintuitive result of special relativity, a field of physics which is notoriously difficult to ...

The rapid acceleration of the universe’s expansion continues to challenge our understanding of fundamental physics. Why the ...

The nature of quantum entanglement remains an outstanding problem in physics. But Albert Einstein's theories, along with insights from quantum computing, could finally put the mystery to rest. When ...

Before a beginners’ physics class at St. Louis’ Washington University, Assistant Professor Edward Lambe plugged in an electric device that shot pennies at a metal disk a few feet away. The pennies ...