IntroductionIn this series, we are testing the idea that "the universe might be a simulation running on a giant computer" by ...
University of California, Berkeley graduate student Heather Jackson performs research on metamaterial resonators to be used in the plasma haloscope search for dark matter axions. AJ Gubser, UC ...
Einstein was right: artist's impression of a neutron-star merger. (Courtesy: NASA) Multimessenger observations of neutron stars have been used by astrophysicists in the US to put Einstein’s general ...
The weak-equivalence principle is integral to general relativity, so these test results offer yet more support for a core theory of our universe. In 1916, Albert Einstein dared to declare that Isaac ...
An experiment that searched for violations of relativity with unprecedented precision may lead to new probes of phenomena beyond standard physics theories. Rare measurement material. A new type of ...
Star Trek resident science advisor and astrophysicist Dr. Erin Macdonald in 2019, speaking about the importance of STEM education. Joe Scarnici/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images “What's great ...
An analysis of a record-breaking gravitational-wave detection tests whether general relativity holds under extreme conditions. A year ago, the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Collaboration recorded the clearest ...