Einstein was a great thinker who made plenty of mistakes—errors that sometimes led to more meaningful discoveries in physics, ...

Gravitational waves are energy-carrying waves produced by the acceleration or disturbance of massive objects. These waves, ...

USC engineers have developed an optical system that routes light autonomously using thermodynamic principles. Rather than ...

The object was detected by observing how its gravity distorts light behind it. Astronomers have discovered an extremely faint ...

Dark matter, the substance that makes up about 27% of the universe, could potentially be detected as a red or blue light ...

The Universe holds many mysteries, and among the most intriguing is dark matter, an invisible component that is thought to ...

Scientists may be coming closer to confirming the existence of dark matter - the invisible stuff thought to make up more than ...

The Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis for their work on quantum mechanics that is paving the way for a new generation of very powerful ...

Swooping stools referencing early surfboards and frosted acrylic lighting featured in this year's edition of The Mindcraft ...

Instead of relying on switches or digital control, the light finds its own path through the system. This approach could transform data transmission, computing, and communications by making optical ...