Scientists pick up signals from an explosion of electromagnetic energy that occurred when a black hole ripped apart a passing star.
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Binary stars and common envelope evolution illustrate messy but “tasty” science.
Shanghai scientist Ruxin Li has already built the world’s most powerful lasers, and he plans a new one that can rip matter from empty space.
Unless you can make a force that travels faster than the speed of light, a singularity is inevitable. The more mass you place into a small volume of space, the […]
The science of volcanic lighting is almost as spectacular as the phenomenon itself. When hot, molten rock pushes its way up through the Earth’s crust and exits through to the […]
What would it be like to experience the 4th dimension?
We don’t need the many-worlds of quantum mechanics to have more Universes than we know what to do with. “The Universe is all there is, or was, or will be.” That […]
Is consciousness everywhere? Is it a basic feature of the Universe, at the very heart of the tiniest subatomic particles? Such an idea – panpsychism as it is known – […]
The idea is just as ‘crazy’ as Einstein telling us that time slows down at high speeds, or Darwin saying that our ancestors were apes.
The launch of SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy was widely covered by the media, but one astrophotographer wanted a different kind of shot of the Tesla Roadster tumbling through space.
One of the makers of the iPhone is calling on Apple to study the smartphone’s addictive nature. Will they listen? Will we?
Several things in nature go faster than the speed of light, without challenging general relativity.
A new look at the intertwined lives of two of the 20th century’s greatest minds. In the years prior to World War II, physics was in an odd, post-revolutionary state. Quantum […]
If everything was hot, dense, and super close-together at the Big Bang, what kept us from collapsing into a singularity? The Big Bang is one of the most counterintuitive ideas […]
In this radical view, the universe is a giant supercomputer processing particles as bits.
Is “science broken” or self-correcting? And who is going to do the grown-up thing and fix the game (instead of scoring points within it)?
Imagine charging your phone using the power of your heart.
A new study challenges what we understand about the workings of time.
It worked for Iran two years ago, and it can work again with the right negotiations. “We have to understand the ubiquity of energy in everything we do. Energy is […]
If every infinite outcome were equally likely, we’d never come to be. “Logic takes care of itself; all we have to do is to look and see how it does it.” –Ludwig […]
It’s a fascinating idea, but how does it fare as a scientific theory? “Something is happening here and this is going to have an impact.” –Robert Dijkgraaf, on Verlinde’s work The […]
Welcome to Star Trek: Discovery. From science to ethics and more, how does the new series’ debut stack up? “If man is to survive, he will have learned to take a […]
If it proves true, it could heal the rift between quantum mechanics and the theory of relativity.
With liquid water, an energy source, and the perfect raw ingredients, Enceladus might be the holy grail we’ve been seeking. This article is written by contributing author Jesse Shanahan. Jesse is […]
The laws of physics are symmetric, but the Universe isn’t. Something’s gotta give. “If antimatter and matter make contact, both are destroyed instantly. Physicists call the process ‘annihilation.” –Dan Brown When […]
Physicists propose that violations of a fundamental law of physics in early stages of the universe are responsible for the mysterious dark energy.
Using technology to make democracy more dynamic hearkens back decades. But today, we have the means to make it work.
You are already a cyborg! Here’s 10 ways you could merge even more with technology in the coming decade.
How a little knowledge can bring about some huge misconceptions… and how to fix it. “Because philosophy arises from awe, a philosopher is bound in his way to be a lover […]
Researchers create tiny implants that promise new medical treatments via breakthrough brain-machine interaction.