In 2004, when a tsunami devastated communities in southern Asia, videos shot by tourists and locals became a new tool for analyzing...
Abstract Time has a fundamentally different character in quantum mechanics and in general relativity. In quantum theory events unfold in a fixed...
Three share prize for important contributions to modern cosmology ICTP has awarded its 2019 Dirac Medal and Prize to three physicists whose...
Astronomers have discovered evidence for an unusual kind of black hole born extremely early in the universe. They showed that a recently...
NASA just announced that it will officially allow regular citizens – not just certified astronauts – on board the International Space Station, as well...
The following table lists the approximate energy equivalents in terms of TNT explosive force – though note that the earthquake energy is...
Murray Gell-Mann, a physicist who theorized the existence of the quark and won a Nobel Prize for his method of classifying particles,...
The sun radiates far more high-frequency light than expected, raising questions about unknown features of the sun’s magnetic field and the possibility...
Black holes have been mysterious and elusive — until now. Astronomers using the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) have, for the first time, photographed one. “We’ve now seen the...
WHEN IT COMES to the nature of dark matter, astronomers are still largely, well, in the dark. The existence of this mysterious substance was...