gravity
Researchers find a key clue to the evolution of bony fish and tetrapods.
Tyson dives into the search for alien life, dark matter, and the physics of football.
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Gravitational wave researchers observe black holes of different sizes colliding for the first time.
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The changes in brain structure aren’t the only bodily changes caused by zero gravity.
An astrophysicist proposes new designs for stellar engines that can move a solar system.
A 2020 space mission wants to use zero gravity to disable some of the hardest cancers to fight.
Researchers propose a gravity-based system for long-term energy storage.
Researchers develop a novel method to measure gravity that can get much more information.
Erik Verlinde has been compared to Einstein for completely rethinking the nature of gravity.
There are places in our solar system where you can fly.
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It’s one of the most consistent patterns in the unviverse. What causes it?
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If you’ve ever wondered which part of physics covers which part of space, fret no more. Here is an awesome map that lays it all out.
Theoretical physicist and cosmologist Lawrence M. Krauss spoke at CSICon 2016 about scientists’ attempt to look back in time to the beginning of our universe.
Astronomers make the first direct observation of a phenomenon predicted by Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity.
New research explains how to build different types of outposts in space.
Scientists discover unusual galaxies that raise questions about Einstein’s theory of gravity and the existence of dark matter.
Physicist Erik Verlinde’s theory successfully predicts the distribution of gravity around 33,000+ galaxies without relying on unobserved “dark matter”.
A theoretical physicist proposes a new way to think about gravity and dark matter.
Bill Nye is always dressed for a party, but this time his celestial bow-tie pays respect to one of our era’s greatest discoveries: gravitational waves.
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