A small causal diamond used as a tiny local laboratory for deriving gravity from thermal physics. Heat flows in and out across the light-like boundaries of the diamond, allowing the authors to ask ...

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 ...

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 ...

Rise, the fan-created, flown-to-the-moon plush toy that served as the Artemis II crew’s zero-g indicator and mascot, is now available as a NASA-approved collectible. Its sales will benefit the ...

After 10 years of painstaking measurements, physicist Stephan Schlamminger stood in a hotel water park, waiting for a career-defining moment. His new measurement of the gravitational constant, or G, ...

Have you heard the rumor online that the Earth’s gravity will be turned off for 7 seconds this August 12th? If you have, don’t panic. This is not going to happen. The original conspiracy theory that ...

Physicists have just dropped a new precise measurement for gravity. The newly published value for the strength of gravity, known as “G” or “Big G”, is significantly smaller than some previous ...

When Artemis II took off from the Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday, it had one especially cute crew member aboard — Rise, a stuffed toy created by an 8-year-old boy from California that will indicate ...

Many countries want nothing to do with the fighting in Iran. They’re being pulled in anyway. By Josh Holder Many forces have pulled reluctant nations into war throughout history. Countries may feel ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The “gravity hole”—a region under ...

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The new year debuted with an unexpected space-related conspiracy theory on social media that made us forget about the 3I/ATLAS comet conspiracy that preceded it. An imminent alien contact (3I/ATLAS) ...