A bold new quantum theory of gravity may finally bridge the long-standing rift between Einstein’s general relativity and ...

A quantum theory of gravity would clear the path to answering some of the biggest questions in physics.

In a bold step toward solving one of science’s most puzzling problems, researchers have proposed a new way to bring gravity ...

A Growing Mystery The discovery of the Universe’s accelerating expansion in 1998 left scientists scratching their heads, ...

Quantum ideas describe particles and fields in tiny packages, but general relativity paints gravity as smooth curves in space ...

For gravity, Einstein expanded on this work a decade later with his 1915 theory of general relativity. As objects approach the speed of light (approximately 186,282 miles per second or 300,000 km ...

A groundbreaking new theory developed by researchers at Aalto University in Finland could bring scientists closer to a ...

Gravity is everywhere: pulling at your feet, holding satellites in orbit, and making the Earth spin around the sun. Yet, for ...

Scientists have potentially solved what many consider physics' most challenging problem – reconciling Einstein's theory of ...

New research challenges the long-accepted notion of singularities in black holes — the point where physics allegedly breaks ...

In a bold step toward solving one of science’s most puzzling problems, researchers have proposed a new way to bring gravity into the same mathematical language as the other forces of nature.

At long last, a unified theory combining gravity with the other fundamental forces—electromagnetism and the strong and weak nuclear forces—is within ...