While some stories are better when things are moving slow, sci-fi is often at its most fun when things are moving at warp speed. For instance, a fighter craft is probably faster than a capital ship in ...

Some things we see in space appear to outpace light. Now we are learning to harness these bizarre optical illusions to ...

In the realm of physics, the speed of light is considered one of the most fundamental constants in the universe, dictating the structure of time and space as we know it. But what if this cornerstone ...

In 2015, a piece of equipment at an observatory in the US moved one quintillionth (10-18) of a meter. This tiny movement was the first recorded event of gravitational waves. And it helped confirm ...

Ten years ago, scientists heard the universe rumble for the first time. That first discovery of gravitational waves proved a key prediction from Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity and ...