For those who watch gravitational waves roll in from the universe, GW250114 is a big one. It's the clearest gravitational ...

A newly detected gravitational wave, GW250114, is giving scientists their clearest look yet at a black hole collision—and a powerful way to test Einstein’s theory of gravity. Its clarity allowed ...

Columnist Natalie Wolchover checks in with particle physicists more than a decade after the field entered a profound crisis.

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Quantum physics paints a strange picture of the world, one filled with spooky connections, unsettling uncertainties ...

An old puzzle in particle physics has been solved: How can quantum field theories be best formulated on a lattice to ...

Dilaton (EMD) holographic QCD model combined with Bayesian analysis to conduct a detailed investigation into the ...

Cosmology and quantum physics both offer tantalizing possibilities that we inhabit just one reality among many. But testing ...

A new simulation tool lets scientists explore whether self-interacting dark matter could reshape galaxies from the inside out ...

Artificial intelligence has moved from crunching physics data in the background to actively proposing new theories and ...

Low Earth orbit now holds thousands of satellites, and the count keeps rising. That growth has made space feel roomy in ...

Astronomers found evidence that dark matter and neutrinos may interact, hinting at a "fundamental breakthrough" that challenges our understanding of how the universe evolved.