Quantum theory and general relativity have long described the universe with incompatible languages, one speaking in ...

Physicists have chased a unified description of nature for more than a century, yet quantum theory and gravity have ...

Three thought experiments involving “demons” have haunted physics for centuries. What should we make of them today?

Long and winding road: The Juice space probe taking the long way to Jupiter and its moons - Copyright NASA/AFP/File NASA Long and winding road: The Juice space probe ...

If you're going to Mars you'd best take along a jar of anti-aging cream because while you're there you're going to age faster ...

Gravitational physics has become a truly experimental science as tests of the special and general theories of relativity reach new levels of precision Right on time When I was a first-term graduate ...

Rogue black holes kicked from their galactic lairs are among the surprising predictions made by physicists using powerful computers to solve Einstein's equations of general relativity. David Appell ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about physics, science, academia, and pop culture. Yesterday, I wrote about the core concepts needed to understand quantum ...

First of all, the prevailing quantum theory, quantum field theory, is fully relativistic from the onset. Relativity is “built into” the theory, so to speak. And it’s the only quantum theory that is ...