A new theory of "dark photons" attempted to explain a centuries-old experiment in a new way this year, in an effort to change ...

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Gravitational waves from black holes may soon reveal where dark matter is hiding. A new model shows how dark matter surrounding massive black holes leaves detectable fingerprints in the waves recorded ...

A new concept for energy transfer between gravitational waves and light. When massive cosmic objects such as black holes merge or neutron stars crash into one another, they can produce gravitational ...

The text is now best known for introducing “Pascal’s Law” or “Principle,” that any change of pressure in an enclosed incompressible fluid (like water) is transmitted equally to all points within the ...

“Using newer mathematical tools, my colleague and I have demonstrated a new theory that may accurately describe the universe.

Just as in-flight turbulence—irregular disruptions in the airflow—results in a bumpy plane ride, plasma turbulence transports ...

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While the 21st century has been bumpy, it has also ushered in monumental scientific and technological breakthroughs that have ...

Everyone in physics that came after Max owes him a debt of gratitude. German physicist Max Planck publishes his groundbreaking study of the effect of radiation on a “blackbody” substance, and the ...