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Einstein once asked whether “the moon exists only when I look at it?". It was rhetorical objection to the idea that measurement in quantum...

In his essay “The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics”, the physicist Eugine Wigner said that “the enormous usefulness of...

Life as we know it is carbon-based, but does it have to be this way? There’s another element on the periodic table that shares some of the key...

Perhaps you’ve seen videos of how the planets of the solar system move through the universe in this cool helix. Not only are these misleading,...

Two protons next to each other in an atomic nucleus are repelling each other electromagnetically with enough force to lift a medium-sized labradoodle...

Physics progresses by breaking our intuitions, but we’re now at a point where further progress may require us to do away with the most...

Physics is the business of figuring out the structure of the world. So are our brains. But sometimes physics comes to conclusions that are in direct...

We tend to imagine there are connectings between things that we don’t understand. Quantum mechanics and consciousness, aliens and pyramids,...

There’s an absolute limit to our access to the universe beyond our own galaxy. There’s a limit to what we can ever hope to explore or...

We humans have always been explorers. The great civilizations that have arisen across the world are owed to our restless ancestors. These days,...

Astrophysicists have discovered a black hole that for millions of years has been blasting vast particle beams in opposite directions across the sky....

If I roll a pair of dice and you get to bet on one number, what do you choose? The smart choice is 7 because there are more ways for 2 dice to come...

Whenever we open a new window on the universe, we discover things that no one expected. Our newfound ability to measure ripples in the fabric of...

The weird rules of quantum mechanics lead to all sorts of bizarre phenomena on tiny scales— particles teleporting through walls or being in...

Interstellar travel is horrible-what with the cramped quarters of your spaceship and only the thin hull separating you from deathly cold and deadly...

The deaths of massive stars results in one of the most beautiful and violent events in the universe: the supernova. They are so luminous we can see...

The humble proton may seem simple enough, and they’re certainly common. People are made of cells, cells are made of molecules, molecules are...

Quantum mechanics is our best theory of the fundamental nature of reality, but it's usually only distinguishable from familiar classical mechanics on...

One of the most fundamental physics facts is that the speed of light in a vacuum is constant for all observers. But can we really be sure that the...

A few weeks ago a large team of gravitational wave astronomers announced something pretty wild. The moderately confident detection of pervasive...

We have no idea what dark matter is, other than it’s some source of gravity that is completely invisible but exerts way more pull that all of...

We knew that the James Webb Space Telescope would find interesting stuff, especially about the mysterious early times. For example, there are hints...

Spacetime on its smallest scales is a seething ocean of black holes and wormholes flickering into and out of existence—or so many physicists...

In order to see the faint light from objects in deepest space, astronomers go to the darkest places on the planet. In order to listen to their quite...

Superconductive materials seem miraculous. Their resistanceless flow of electricity has been exploited in some powerful ways—from super-strong...

It’s hard to interpret the strange results of quantum mechanics, though many have tried. Interpretations range from the outlandish—like...

To understand where we came from—how earth, the solar system, the galaxy became what they are today—we need to understand the beginning...

Whenever we open a new window on the universe we discover something new. Whether it's figuring out how to see to greater distances like with...

The holy grail of theoretical physics is to come up with a quantum theory of gravity. But after a century of trying we really have no idea how close...

The mystery of what happens when we go from a superposition to a definite state is known as the Measurement Problem, and it’s arguably the most...

Engineering enthusiasts battle to create the most ingenious contraption using everyday objects. Teams are challenged to fabricate and demonstrate a...

The Bell System Science Series consists of nine television specials made for the AT&T Corporation that were originally broadcast in color between...

Hawking gives us the ultimate guide to the universe, a ripping yarn based on real science, spanning the whole of space and time -- from the nature of...

Explore the impact of A.I. and how it is transforming the way we live and work -- both now and in the future, featuring some of the brightest minds...

From the planets to the stars and out to the edge of the unknown, history and science collide in a wondrous yet deadly adventure through space and...

A users' guide to the cosmos, from the Big Bang to galaxies, stars, planets and moons: where did it all come from and how does it all fit together? A...