Physics

No one really knows what happens inside an atom.

Quantum computing seems to inch closer every year.

These strange discoveries will suck you in.

Heat isn't supposed to move like this.

We live in a very big house, but we can't see most of it.

Neutron stars have never been caught behaving this way before.

It would rewrite the Standard Model of physics.

Why do gas bubbles appear to get stuck inside narrow vertical tubes?

NASA's Parker Solar Probe has passed through the outer atmosphere of the sun, and now we get to see what it found.

Nineteen newly discovered dwarf galaxies seem to be missing their dark matter, and physicists aren't sure why.

Google claims quantum supremacy – IBM says not so fast. One researcher explains why he doesn't see quantum computers outpacing classical computers any time soon ... and maybe not ever.

At some point, the rules of the subatomic give way to the rules of the macroscopic. But how? We're not exactly sure, and it's been a long, strange journey in trying to answer that question.

The cracks, if they exist, are old, remnants of a time shortly after the Big Bang.

Without the turbulence, the galaxies would die in just a few billion years.

It was predicted four decades ago, but only found now.

These bursts release more energy in a few seconds than the sun would produce in its lifetime.

New calculations suggest that some black holes can grow hair, but they can't keep it for long. Alas, they go bald again.

Standing on one moon, you'd see the other pass overhead twice before ducking around to pass on the other side.

This wasn't what anyone was hoping for.