Every time a coffee mug drops, a satellite orbits or an astronaut floats, we are watching the same phenomenon play out under ...

The Earth will not lose gravity on Aug. 12, 2026.” That plain-language sentence from a NASA spokesperson is the fastest way ...

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Wormholes are often imagined as tunnels through space or time—shortcuts across the universe. But this image rests on a ...

The accelerating expansion of the universe is usually explained by an invisible force known as dark energy. But a new study ...

To progress to the next level in understanding reality, we need to combine quantum mechanics and Einstein’s general ...

Of the four fundamental forces of physics, gravity is the one we’re most familiar with in everyday life, but it’s also the only one that can’t currently be explained by quantum physics. Now scientists ...

Social media is flooded with claims that Earth will briefly lose gravity next year. From ‘Project Anchor’ to black holes, ...

Quantum theory and Einstein's theory of general relativity are two of the greatest successes in modern physics. Each works ...

The weak gravitational pull on a particle just half the mass of a grain of sand has been measured for the first time. This most precise measurement of its kind is a breakthrough towards the quantum ...

If ever spotted in the emptiness of space, according to theoretical physicist Eugeny Babichev of the University of ...

This episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast features Alex May, whose research explores the intersection of quantum ...