The geometry of space, the setting in which physical laws operate, may hold clues to some of the biggest unanswered questions in fundamental physics. The underlying structure of spacetime itself could ...

In Pop Mech Explains: Precognition, host and contributor Elizabeth Rayne explores the phenomenon of precognition, the ...

This is the light echo of the Big Bang, the first light that freely moved through the universe. This relic is crucial to our ...

In 1919, physicist Theodor Kaluza hypothesized that extra dimensions might solve some outstanding problems in physics. And ...

The strange phenomenon, only identified in the late 2000s, describes when many people remember something in a particular way, ...

I have always been drawn to the strange edge cases where our best theories simply do not fit the facts. From mysterious ...

The universe has a knack for throwing curveballs at astronomers. Just when scientists think they’ve got cosmic mechanics ...

Astronomers have detected a mysterious cosmic 'heartbeat' repeating every 22 minutes, unlike any known celestial object.

Astronomers using the James Webb telescope may have discovered some of the universe's first stars, and they may offer clues to how galaxies form. Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and a ...

In the blink of an eye after the Big Bang, the universe could have birthed strange new stars and black holes.

It used to be thought that ancient Mesoamerican monuments were built and used predominantly by powerful leaders and ruling classes. Among the early Maya, however, the site of Aguada Fénix would have ...

The rules of nature don’t, generally speaking, change. If you toss a ball in Seattle or in Tokyo, it falls the same way. Physicists call this “symmetry”, and they use symmetry as a guide to how the ...