They show up as a mathematical solution in general relativity, basically as a time-reversed version of a black hole. Some ...

A physicist proposes that the universe might not be empty but act like a viscous fluid, resisting expansion. This bold idea ...

This breathtaking clue about the architecture of consciousness supports a Nobel-Prize winner’s theory about how quantum physics works in your brain.

Quasicrystals are orderly structures that never repeat. Scientists just showed they can exist in space and time.

Kevin Sussman will reprise his beloved role as Stuart Bloom in the upcoming HBO Max series, 'Stuart Fails to Save the ...

There are planets in our universe that would give you nightmares. Planets with ice hotter than burning metal, planets that drift throughout the universe in complete darkness, planets where it ...

The Fermi Paradox asks a simple question: if the universe is so vast, why haven’t we detected other civilizations? Yet new perspectives suggest the silence may not mean we are alone. Advances in ...

Why Information, Not Matter, May Be the True Foundation of Reality - Rethinking Reality Through Physics, Information, ...

As children, many of us remember lying on terraces or open fields, trying to count stars. One, two, three and then losing ...

In our three-dimensional space, elementary particles neatly filter into either bosons or fermions. But in lower dimensions, that distinction gets a bit murky.

Scientific American has served as an advocate for science and industry for 180 years, and right now may be the most critical ...

Today (Feb. 17), an annular solar eclipse will commence its journey across a remote region of Antarctica where it will be visible to more penguins than people. The partial solar eclipse portion of the ...