Here are twelve theories that, while sounding like they’re straight out of a sci-fi novel, are actually supported by real ...

A century ago, science went quantum. To celebrate, physicists are throwing a global, year-long party. In 1925, quantum mechanics, the scientific theory that describes the unintuitive rules of physics ...

The universe exists because matter and antimatter are not good friends. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Is there a scientific ...

It's a plot device beloved by science fiction: our entire universe might be a simulation running on some advanced ...

A new estimate of the ghostly particle’s maximum possible mass brings physicists a tad closer to understanding the universe. By Katrina Miller Katrina Miller studied neutrinos in graduate school, but ...

When you bake a loaf of bread or a batch of muffins, you put the dough into a pan. As the dough bakes in the oven, it expands into the baking pan. Any chocolate chips or blueberries in the muffin ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. At the turn of the 20th century, the renowned mathematician David Hilbert had a grand ambition to bring a more rigorous, mathematical ...

To be fair, humans aren't shaped like sheep or grains. And unlike in the study with the board, Zuriguel believes that all ...

In 1925, grad student Cecilia Payne first proposed that stars were mostly made of hydrogen and helium and shaped our understanding of the universe. This image, taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space ...