World's most advanced hypergravity facility is open for business

China is now home to the world's most powerful centrifuge capable of creating artificial gravity. This facility will enable a wide range of experiments to help make sense of scientific phenomena, simulate geological events, and test new materials.

New gravity discovery called "mind-blowing" proves Einstein right

Using data from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI), astronomers have completed the most precise gravity test ever taken.

Gravity Magnified a Supernova, Adding a Twist to The Hubble Tension

The light of a supernova that has traveled for 10 billion years to reach us has given us a new measurement of the Hubble constant - the accelerating rate at which the Universe is expanding.

Gravity may exist without mass, so dark matter may not not exist after all

Scientists have grappled with the fundamental forces that govern our universe, chief among them being gravity, and more recently, dark matter.

Cosmic Glitch: Scientists Discover an Anomaly in The Universe's Gravity

A new study suggests that gravity becomes about 1% weaker at very large scales. If gravity behaved according to Einstein's theory, then this 1% difference shouldn't exist.

Physicists discover that gravity can create light

  • 11 Apr 2023

Researchers have discovered that in the exotic conditions of the early universe, waves of gravity may have shaken space-time so hard that they spontaneously created radiation.

Astronomers Witness Light Delayed by Almost 7 Years

Way back in 1979, astronomers discovered that cluster's mass distribution formed a lens that distorted the light. Now EU astronomers have spotted time delaying effect with another distant quasar.

Saturn is losing its rings at 'worst-case-scenario' rate

New NASA research confirms that Saturn is losing its iconic rings at the maximum rate. The rings have less than 100 million years to live. This is relatively short, compared to Saturn's age of over 4 billion years.

Scientists Build Atomic Clocks That Can Measure Changes in Spacetime

This is just the latest result from efforts around the world to create the best-ever atomic clock. Perhaps these clocks could detect dark matter from the way its gravity alters spacetime.

Gravity Could Be Source of Sustainable Energy

Researcher in the Netherlands believes even gravity can be harnessed to produce free electricity on a scale sufficient to power small appliances.

The Multiverse?

Merging Neutron Stars Challenge Existing Theories of Gravity and Dark Energy.

Verlinde's New Theory of Gravity Passes First Test

A team from the Netherlands has tested the new theory of theoretical physicist Erik Verlinde for the first time through the lensing effect of gravity.

The secret life of the Orion Nebula

Amelia Stutz and Andrew Gould from the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg are bringing gravity and magnetic fields into play. To test their idea, they undertook a detailed investigation of the Orion Nebula, 1300 light-years away.

Anti-gravity dream may take off

The genius of Albert Einstein lead us to gravitational waves - maybe someday another genius will work out how to make them, says Dr Karl.

String Theory Might Merge With the Other Theory of Everything

In the last few decades, researchers have pursued the problem in two separate programs—string theory and loop quantum gravity—that are widely considered incompatible by their practitioners. But now some scientists argue that joining forces is the way forward.