A new study by Queen Mary University of London mathematician Professor Ginestra Bianconi proposes a new perspective on one of ...

Our understanding of the universe may be completely wrong.

More than a century after Albert Einstein first transformed our understanding of gravity, his general theory of relativity ...

Gravity is the force with which we’re most familiar. It’s what’s keeping you on the planet, even as you’re reading this. Despite gravity feeling deeply intertwined with our daily lives, scientists are ...

The question of how gravity interacts with the quantum world has long perplexed physicists, but a non-quantum theory of space-time could present an answer ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An illustration shows matter rushing forward from a singularity at the dawn of time during the Big Bang. | Credit: Robert Lea ...

Sometimes, you work tirelessly on a problem, only to realise you have been going about it all backwards. Imagine trying to fit a massive antique piano through a tiny doorway. You have tried everything ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: A new theory suggests that gravity could possibly be the result of entropy. If true, this would mean that everything in the universe would fall apart ...

The largest-ever survey of physicists from around the world—released today—shows a distinct lack of consensus across many of physics's most important questions, from the nature of black holes and dark ...