Physics

Planetary Geophysics: What is it? What can it teach us about finding life beyond Earth?

Universe Today has examined the importance of studying impact craters, planetary surfaces, exoplanets, astrobiology, solar physics, comets, and planetary atmospheres,…

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Could Forests Become Ultrahigh Energy Neutrino Detectors?

I really don’t know how to introduce this article. Neutrinos are elementary particles and are electrically neutral. They are produced…

1 month ago

Why Serious Scientists Are Mesmerized by the Multiverse

The multiverse may be a cool (and convenient) concept for comic books and superhero movies, but why do scientists take…

2 months ago

The Debate Continues. Do Wide Binaries Prove or Disprove MOND?

The term dark matter was coined back in 1933 and since then, the hunt for it has been well and…

2 months ago

Why Quantum Mechanics Defies Physics

The full, weird story of the quantum world is much too large for a single article, but the period from…

3 months ago

We Owe Our Lives to the Moon

Life appeared on Earth through a series of lucky coincidences, and that luck started with our Moon. None of the…

3 months ago

How Supersymmetry Saved String Theory

String theory, like most revolutions, had humble origins. It started all the way back in the 1960’s as an attempt…

3 months ago

Holograms Might Save Physics

Even though the guts of General Relativity are obtusely mathematical, and for decades was relegated to math departments rather than…

3 months ago

Why the Universe Might be a Hologram

A quarter century ago, physicist Juan Maldacena proposed the AdS/CFT correspondence, an intriguing holographic connection between gravity in a three-dimensional…

3 months ago

The Strangest Coincidence in Physics: The AdS/CFT Correspondence

Attempts to turn string theory into a workable theory of nature have led to the potential conclusion that our universe…

3 months ago