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The mystery of dark matter—unseen, pervasive, and essential in standard cosmology—has loomed over physics for decades. In new ...
With the ability to generate thousands of times the G-force of Earth and to handle as much as 1,900 tons of mass combined ...
Global climate models capture many of the processes that shape Earth's weather and climate. Based on physics, chemistry, ...
It was quite a leap. Conspiracy theorists are being brought back down to Earth after NASA scientists debunked a wild claim that the space agency was hiding knowledge about an event that could result ...
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to CuriousKidsUS@theconversation.com. Can we generate a way to interact with dark ...
The accelerating expansion of the universe is usually explained by an invisible force known as dark energy. But a new study suggests this mysterious ingredient may not be necessary after all. Using an ...
Neutrino particles have extremely small masses, yet there are so many of them that they carve out the large-scale structure ...
Ripples in space-time from a pair of merging black holes have been recorded in unprecedented detail, enabling physicists to test predictions of general relativity ...
Physicists have long believed that detecting the particle of gravity—the graviton—was fundamentally impossible, with the universe itself seeming to block every direct ...
Seven Seconds Without Gravity? NASA Responds to Alarming August 12, 2026 Rumours (Image: Canva) A viral online rumour claims Earth will lose gravity for seven seconds during an August 12, 2026 solar ...
In nature, most of our basic forces both attract and repel. In fact, gravity is the only exception. But, according to theorists, sound waves actually have negative gravity. Hosted by: Olivia Gordon ...