The universe feels three-dimensional — but some of the deepest physics suggests reality may have 11 dimensions hidden from our senses. This idea comes from theories like string theory and M-theory, ...

A doctoral student from the University of Sydney’s School of Physics re-created a little bit of the universe in a bottle.

According to the standard ( Λ CDM) model of cosmology, dark matter and neutrinos do not interact with each other. The work of ...

Could the laws of physics be different in other parts on the Universe?

In 2023, a subatomic particle called a neutrino crashed into Earth with such a high amount of energy that it should have been ...

Can a single particle have a temperature? It may seem impossible with our standard understanding of temperature, but columnist Jacklin Kwan finds that it’s not exactly ruled out in the quantum realm ...

Shapley’s award of the 2026 Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics will be presented at the 249th AAS Meeting, Jan. 10-14, ...

Cosmic web Created using data from the JWST, this map shows how dark matter acts as the hidden framework on which visible ...

Scientists do not know what dark matter is made of but they believe it leaves signals, and those signals could be captured by quantum devices.

For a century, the Schrödinger equation has been the bedrock of quantum mechanics, successfully predicting how matter behaves as a wave. Yet, physics has lacked a fundamental explanation for why ...

Where starlight doesn't reach, new things are born: For the first time, an international research team has directly measured ...