Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...

The Quantumnaut’s task was simple: teleport his captain back on board the spaceship within the mission’s limit of three hours on planet Earth, 2010. But he accidentally teleported the wrong person: an ...

Physicists discovered that the famous ‘Star Trek’ spaceship got a lot right about designing a ship to jump from galaxy to ...

If there is an absolute law in the universe, it’s that nothing can travel faster than the speed of light. For science-fiction enthusiasts, that’s a bit depressing. Space is big, and while the speed of ...

Cosmic speed limits can be a major inconvenience but they've rarely stopped science fiction in its tracks. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...

New theories suggest the speed of light isn’t just a number, but evidence that reality itself is curved. What looks like a ...

Science fiction authors and readers dream of travelling at the speed of light, but Einstein tells us we can’t. You might think that’s an arbitrary rule, but [FloatHeadPhysics] shows a different way to ...

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...

My telescope, set up for astrophotography in my light-polluted San Diego backyard, was pointed at a galaxy unfathomably far from Earth. My wife, Cristina, walked up just as the first space photo ...

When two black holes merge or two neutron stars collide, gravitational waves can be generated. They spread at the speed of ...

So, you’re driving a car at half the speed of light. (Both hands on the wheel, please.) You turn on the headlights. How fast would you see this light traveling? What about a person standing by the ...