Legend has it that Isaac Newton had the moment of inspiration that would lead to his theory of gravity when, on a warm afternoon, he saw an apple fall from a tree and wondered why it should fall down ...

Kinetic energy has to do with the motion of an object—the faster it’s moving, the more kinetic energy it has. If you take a ...

Is General Relativity the correct theory of gravitation? Can gravity be used to detect new fundamental fields? A recent Letter appearing today in Nature Astronomy, authored by a researcher of the GSSI ...

Astronomers at Goethe University Frankfurt have made a breakthrough discovery regarding the supermassive black hole M87*.

Did you know that moving a clock one inch toward the ground would result in a slower tick compared to the same clock positioned higher up? Gravity doesn't just pull things; it also bends time.

The world's most sensitive table-top interferometric system—a miniature version of miles-long gravitational-wave detectors ...

The sun's gravity could act like a giant magnifying glass to help view distant exoplanets in amazing detail. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...