Universal wonder Despite a society that told Chanda Prescod-Weinstein she didn’t look like a physicist, she still managed to fall in love with the subject as a child. (Courtesy: Shutterstock/Prazis ...

In an article published in Communications Physics, researchers from the Université libre de Bruxelles and the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information in Vienna present a new framework for ...

Click on the image above to get the coloring page version of the episode art! This episode looks at the role our frame of reference plays in how we feel about our lives. The main story is about a ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Einstein's theory of special relativity teaches us that time is relative. But what does it mean ...

Special relativity has changed the way we think about time and the order of events. Einstein famously showed that two events can look simultaneous to one observer but not to another. In fact, it’s ...

"It would be amazing if a simple rotation of the universe was the origin of dark energy." What is dark energy? Why does dark energy seem to be weakening? Is our universe part of a larger multiverse?