In an earlier blog, Marcelo discussed Dark Matter and stated that, with the exception of hopes of exotic particles called WIMPs, (Weakly Interacting massive particles) which have not been found, we ...

Bridging the quantum world to relativity Einstein spent the rest of his life, without success, pursuing ways to integrate his theory of general relativity with quantum mechanics. While it is tempting ...

Unfortunately for previous cosmological theories, the universe appears reasonably convincingly to be expanding at an accelerating rate. This, all physicists know, is no small problem. It is so severe ...

Physics cannot describe what happens inside a black hole. There, current theories break down, and general relativity collides with quantum mechanics, creating what's called a singularity, or a point ...

Is our fundamental reality continuous or is it chopped up into tiny, discrete bits? Asked another way, is space-time smooth or chunky? The question cuts to the heart of the most fundamental theories ...

Einstein’s general theory of relativity can be summed up in just 12 words: “Space-time tells matter how to move; matter tells space-time how to curve”. But this short description from the physicist ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Don Lincoln is a senior scientist at the U.S. Department of Energy's Fermilab, the U.S.' largest ...

Physics cannot describe what happens inside a black hole. There, current theories break down, and general relativity collides with quantum mechanics, creating what's called a singularity, or a point ...

Don Lincoln is a senior scientist at the U.S. Department of Energy's Fermilab, the U.S.' largest Large Hadron Collider research institution. He also writes about science for the public, including his ...