This video explores the fascinating reasons behind the physical properties of elements. It answers questions about why ...

Osaka, Japan - A team of researchers at Osaka University has investigated a new method for generating nuclear fusion power, showing that the relativistic effect of ultra-intense laser light improves ...

The study of relativistic effects in gravitational fields remains at the forefront of physics research, refining our comprehension of space‐time and its intricate interplay with matter. Notably, ...

Ask about some mind-bending physics, and people will tend to focus on the many mind-bending oddities of quantum mechanics. But there’s no shortage of strangeness in another one of physics’ cornerstone ...

A star’s fatal brush with a supermassive black hole can light up a quiet galaxy. When gravity shreds the star, its gas ...

Observations made with ESO's Very Large Telescope have for the first time clearly revealed the effects of Einstein's general relativity on the motion of a star passing through the extreme ...

For the past two decades, astronomers have been testing Einstein’s general theory of relativity using an exquisite celestial laboratory located thousands of light-years away, in the direction of the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. The Universe is out there, waiting for you to discover it. If you were a physicist in the early 20th century, there would have ...