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Mathematicians are challenging the idea that dark energy is responsible for the accelerating expansion of the universe. In a ...

“Prior models required a matter-energy content that was ‘unphysical,’ meaning it had features we don’t see in the regular ...

Faster-than-light particles have spent decades in physics as both temptation and warning. They offered a way to test the ...

Dark energy has been a mysterious element of cosmological equation since it was proposed three decades ago, but new research ...

Despite dozens of experiments over the years, scientists still don't have a precise measurement for gravity's strength. Why is that?

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(Philipp Tur/iStock/Getty Images Plus) Right on the brink of black hole formation, spacetime can get downright peculiar. This ...

In holographic theories, physicists may have traced the pliability of space-time to its quantum roots: a measure of ...

Sonny White (Harold G. “Sonny” White) has solid credentials as a NASA veteran but is viewed as a highly speculative researcher in the broader scientific community. His work on advanced propulsion ...