More Proof that Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity is Correct
Although Albert Einstein predicted a long tome ago that whenever light from a distant star passed a closer object gravity would act as a magnifier,…
Testing Quantum Gravity with Merging Black Holes
2.9 billion years ago, when life on Earth was still in its infancy, two black holes merged and sent ripples of gravitational waves throughout the…
Breakthrough for Scientists Comes in the Form of Another Gravitational Wave
The third detection of gravitational waves was announced this month by researchers. Another triumph in the world of physics. These ripples in space…
Is it Possible to See the Edge of the Universe?
Scientists hypothesize that there’s an edge to the Universe, as like most things, does not go on forever. But, is that is the case, what does it look…
Have Scientists Finally Unraveled the Mysteries of Antimatter?
New discoveries are made every day about the world we live in, but there are still many aspects of the universe that we don’t understand, and maybe…
Describing Distance in a Changing Universe
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey has recently finished mapping more of the universe than ever before. To create the map the Survey zeroed in on quasars ,…
Does Nuclear Physics Hold the Key to Finally Unfolding the Standard Model?
So far to date, scientists have found that the best way to unfold new secrets about the fundamental Universe is to collide particles with one another…
Tabby’s “Alien-Megastructures” Star Had Begun to Dim Again
Since it was first discovered, Tabby’s Star has baffled scientists all across the world. The reason for this is that it doesn’t act like any other…
First Stop: the Moon, Second Stop: Mars
As the Mars exploration missions get closer to happening, extensive preparation is going on to ensure the astronauts can cope while they’re up there.…
Scientists Subject Quantum Entanglement to Extreme Levels of Acceleration
It’s been an exciting month for science this week as for the time ever scientists have managed to subject quantum entanglement to extreme levels of…
Getting to the Nitty Gritty of the Universe
The Universe is so immense and so vast that to be able to explain what it is in one or two sentences is physically impossible. In a very general…
Stephen Hawking and Colleagues Write Angry Letter Defending Theory
Proving a theory is always difficult, even for the world’s top physicists. In February of this year, three of the world’s top physicists decided to…
