A new quantum recipe for black holes could be the first step toward a theory of "quantum gravity", the "holy grail" of ...

In the vacuum of space, a gunshot is not muffled by the lack of air. It is actually released with all of the explosive might ...

Black hole thermodynamics, one of the pillars of contemporary theoretical physics, has long suggested ... In this picture, the G-field not only generates the cosmological constant but also modifies ...

Physicists measure smallest gravitational field yet. Ultimately, generalizations of the new g simulator will help researchers formulate and validate the next generation of global gravity models, he ...

From apples to planets, the force of gravity can be described using this equation where G is something called the gravitational constant (6.67 × 10^-11 newton-metre^2-kilogram^−2, or big G ...

For his Ph.D. research, Sjors Heefer has explored gravity in our universe, with his research having implications for the exciting field of gravitational waves, and perhaps influencing how the big ...

Researchers at Aalto University have developed a new quantum theory of gravity which describes gravity in a way that's compatible with the standard model of particle physics, opening the door to ...

Because the bar is horizontal to the Earth’s gravitational field, Cavendish was able to remove much of the planetary force from the measurements. Cavendish used two small lead spheres two inches ...

Gravity is so bizarrely weak that there’s even a major program of active physics research devoted to understanding why. It takes a lot of mass to make a decent gravitational field. The Earth weighs a ...

If the gravitational wave background detected last year came from a "supercool" phase transition around the time of the Big Bang, they hint at new physics.