In 1916, only a year after Albert Einstein had published his general theory of relativity, Karl Schwarzschild used mathematical calculations to show this: If sufficient mass could be placed into an ...

Using a "doughnut" of liquid crystals, physicists have successfully trapped light in a swirling, coherent state.

Hayley Beltz was the type of kid who grew up fascinated by space and “looking up at the night sky,” but a career that used that passion outside of being an astronaut seemed light years away. Beltz ...

Citizen is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its first analog light-powered watch with the release of its Eco-Drive Photon watch in a limited edition, with two variants of 5,000 units each that pay ...

For decades, astronomers have been puzzled by strange “zebra stripe” patterns in radio waves from the Crab Pulsar — bright bands separated by complete darkness. Now, new research suggests the answer ...

Modern physics suggests distance may emerge from motion, gravity and quantum entanglement, not exist as a basic fact. (CREDIT: NASA, ESA, Z. Levay and R. van der Marel/STScI, T. Hallas, and A.

So, what exactly is quantum theory in physics? It sounds super complicated, right? Like something only geniuses ...

An underwater observatory recently detected a startlingly energetic cosmic neutrino. One possible cause involves a phenomenon ...

The new science fiction film adaptation leans heavily on real science done by the National Aeronautics and Space ...

Can light behave like a whirlwind? It turns out it can—and such "optical tornadoes" have now been created in an extremely ...

Researchers at the Würzburg site of the Cluster of Excellence ctd.qmat have succeeded in transferring the topological quantum ...