An international team of astronomers conducted a ten-day observation of the NGC 3783 black hole using mainly the XRISM space ...

Scientists observed a supermassive black hole in galaxy NGC 3783 releasing wind at 20% of the speed of light after a sudden X-ray flare. New data from XRISM and XMM-Newton explains how magnetic activi ...

If there is an absolute law in the universe, it’s that nothing can travel faster than the speed of light. For science-fiction enthusiasts, that’s a bit depressing. Space is big, and while the speed of ...

While humans and classical computers must perform tensor operations step by step, light can do them all at once.

In 1887, one of the most important experiments in the history of physics took place. American scientists Michelson and Morley failed to measure the speed of Earth by comparing the speed of light in ...

The following is an extract from our Lost in Space-Time newsletter. Each month, we dive into fascinating ideas from around the universe. You can sign up for Lost in Space-Time here. If you’ve taken a ...

Nearly 60 years ago, the original Star Trek series ignited a dream in the public’s imagination: that one day, people would travel the galaxy in ships propelled by faster-than-light “warp drives.” The ...