Disclaimer: I am very much a physics noob. This might be a nonsensical question. That spacetime can be curved or warped is something I can grasp, but I keep getting stuck on one specific aspect of how ...
As one star spins another out of view for the next century and a half, astronomers use it to weight an incredible binary system. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new ...
In a dual set of papers published in Science last week, an international group of researchers presented an experiment which used relativistic time dilation to measure the curvature of spacetime. The ...
In 1797, English scientist Henry Cavendish measured the strength of gravity with a contraption made of lead spheres, wooden rods and wire. In the 21st century, scientists are doing something very ...
In 1797, English scientist Henry Cavendish measured the strength of gravity with a contraption made of lead spheres, wooden rods and wire. In the 21st century, scientists are doing something very ...
The connection between quantum physics and the theory of relativity is extremely hard to study. But now, scientists have set up a model system, which can help: Quantum particles can be tuned in such a ...
Physicists have long treated space and time as the stage on which quantum particles perform, not as actors in the drama ...
A paper appeared in Classical and Quantum Gravity. Co-author, Associate Professor of the Department of Relativity Theory and Gravity of KFU Alexei Zayats explains, "Light is distributed linearly in ...
In a hypertorus model of the Universe, motion in a straight line will return you to your original location, even in an uncurved (flat) spacetime. The Universe could also be closed and positively ...