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We experience the flow of time because it’s a natural outcome of the basic laws of physics. But we may need to build a whole new model to account for gravity’s influence.

A tremendously large cloud that blocked the light from a distant star has been found to consist of swirling winds of ...

There's a lot of the universe that we've come to fully understand already—and some scientists suggest that we've arrived near ...

A black hole 11.6 billion light-years away is breaking a speed limit for feeding, offering clues about the early universe's ...

Delve into the detail of atomic physics. As the basic units of matter, atoms are the building blocks for everything in the universe. Once thought to be indivisible, we now know they can indeed be ...

The Big Bang's early moments were crucial for nucleosynthesis, leading to the formation of light elements and influencing the ...

There are still some great mysteries of our universe that physicists can't explain. How is that possible? Join us as we break ...

Durham researchers are pushing the boundaries of physics research, contributing to major advances in our understanding of the ...

How many electrons are there in the Universe? One bold theory suggests that there could only be one, although this theory has ...

Primordial black holes could rewrite our understanding of dark matter and the early universe. A record-breaking detection at ...

A Simon Fraser University cosmologist believes his team's new research may bring them a step closer to cracking one of ...