
Welcome to the 5th dimension: Our universe's radical new fate
17 July 2019
Our best models of cosmology suggest the universe will either go on forever, implode or rip itself apart. A new proposal suggests an even weirder destiny

17 July 2019
Our best models of cosmology suggest the universe will either go on forever, implode or rip itself apart. A new proposal suggests an even weirder destiny

20 December 2017
The black hole firewall paradox has been vexing physicists for years. But if quantum laws lead to the creation of other universes, the headache disappears

18 December 2017
To reconcile quantum mechanics and gravity, a new theory flips the usual script. Space-time and gravity may emerge from quantum effects, not the other way round

15 November 2017
The effort to reconcile general relativity with quantum mechanics always hits one snag: gravity. An experiment could finally tell us if it is a quantum force

20 October 2017
We saw gravitational waves and light at the same moment from a neutron star merger, which means Einstein was right and some alternative theories are dead