quantum gravity

If Black Holes Evaporate, Everything Evaporates

Stephen Hawking predicted that black holes wouldn't last forever, eventually evaporating into a smear of particles. According to a new…

10 months ago

We Knew Black Holes Have a Temperature. It Turns out They Also Have a Pressure

Black holes have a pressure as well as a temperature, thanks to the thermodynamics of quantum gravity.

3 years ago

Wormholes Could Allow Travel Across the Universe, as Long as Your Spacecraft is Microscopic

An alternative to general relativity predicts wormhole travel is possible, but only if you're teeny-tiny.

3 years ago

A new Approach Could Tease out the Connection Between Gravity and Quantum Mechanics

A proposed experiment using super-cooled atoms could reveal the nature of quantum gravity.

3 years ago

Narrowing Down the Mass of Dark Matter

Most of the matter of the universe is of a form unknown to physics. While we don't know what the…

3 years ago

Astronomy Without A Telescope – Doubly Special Relativity

[/caption] General relativity, Einstein's theory of gravity, gives us a useful basis for mathematically modeling the large scale universe -…

13 years ago