Quantum Physics
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![A telescope image of warped yellow starlight forming a smily face against a black background](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/EUyYqHTCYRzSTWHtFidZ8U-320-80.jpg)
Distortions in space-time could put Einstein's theory of relativity to the ultimate test
By Robert Lea published
Observing time distortions could show whether Einstein's theory of general relativity accounts for the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy.
![An artist's illustration of three Schrödinger's cats.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/vuf5igZMPqPVM6DLPRtqcg-320-80.png)
World's heaviest Schrödinger's cat made in quantum crystal visible to the naked eye
By Ben Turner published
Physicists have placed part of a sapphire crystal into a quantum superposition, making it the heaviest object to show quantum effects, in a new take on Erwin Schrödinger's famous cat experiment.
![A Hubble Telescope image of the galaxy cluster Cl0024+1654, showing red pinpricks of stars on a blue field of dark matter](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/MQF8jyqhS8tGPSaF7dbvw7-320-80.jpg)
There may have been a second Big Bang, new research suggests
By Paul Sutter published
Within a month of the Big Bang, a second cosmic explosion may have given the universe its invisible dark matter, new research suggests.
![Does reality exist when we're not looking?](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/QdsiNvr4caWvLjDmUtTspK-320-80.jpg)
Does reality exist when we're not looking?
By Paul Sutter published
In quantum physics, particles exist in many states at once until you measure them. Can reality really work that way?
![Artist concept of the multiverse](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ijLpNngmJqgEXdBzCB72dN-320-80.jpg)
Do quantum universes really exist?
By Paul Sutter published
In some interpretations of quantum mechanics, such as the Many-Worlds interpretation or the Pilot Wave Theory, parallel universes may form every time a subatomic particle goes through any interaction.
![Concept art of quantum mechanics, theory of superstrings.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/tyNoL7R2nku4XxFXVF9HW6-320-80.jpg)
Does consciousness explain quantum mechanics?
By Paul Sutter published
A wild theory suggests that consciousness may explain quantum mechanics, by forcing the subatomic particles to choose one concrete outcome.
![Abstract image of two waves of light (one pink the other red) colliding together.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/RC8x59QKddRWjLvLnAjJ63-320-80.jpg)
Is all matter made up of both particles and waves?
By Paul Sutter published
According to quantum mechanics, the physics theory that describes the zoo of subatomic particles, all matter can be described as both particles and waves. But is it real?
![The effect has been observed for the first time in a dense atomic cloud.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/tsQhFSaizqrS5CX2q6UY4S-320-80.jpg)
'Quantum time flip' makes light move simultaneously forward and backward in time
By Ben Turner published
The time-flipped photon can't be used to restage "Back to the Future," but it could help us figure out some of the universe's most mysterious phenomena.
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