Our universe plays by certain rules, which originate from different branches of physics. But sometimes the rules seem ...

In 2026, astronauts will travel around the moon for the first time since the Apollo era, powerful new space telescopes will ...

New telescope instruments now reveal distant galaxies in detail, reshaping how astronomers map dark matter, star formation, ...

Two blind spots torture physicists: the birth of the universe and the center of a black hole. The former may feel like a moment in time and the latter a point in space, but in both cases the normally ...

Artist Ashley Zelinskie is "Wandering through Time and Space”' with ESA's Webb team. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The James ...

The first time a physicist told me they wanted to get rid of space-time, on a cold January morning earlier this year, I stopped typing my interview notes and clutched my New Scientist mug of tea.

Some discoveries emerge softly, with no explosions or satisfying conclusions. Astronomers were watching a distant flare from ...

We can never 100% prove that the constants really are constant. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. There is a set of very special ...

Oftentimes, we think of space as an endless, mostly empty vacuum, a silent backdrop where planets, stars, and galaxies play out their dance. We also think of time as something separate, a steady ...

A fringe new theory suggests that time is the fundamental structure of the physical universe, and space is merely a byproduct. According to Gunther Kletetschka, a geologist — not a physicist, you’ll ...

One of the most awkward parts of writing a book is that, eventually, authors have to ask people for “blurbs” – the endorsements that you see on the cover of a book, encouraging you to buy it. I am now ...