When the "little red dots" were first discovered in 2022, scientists thought the objects might be galaxies as mature as the Milky Way, which is about 13.6 billion years old. That's because galaxies ...

That cosmologists cannot agree on one of the most elementary facts about the universe is striking enough. But that uncertainty produces others, too: it makes it impossible to calculate an exact age ...

Recent progress on both analog and digital simulations of quantum fields foreshadows a future in which quantum computers ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Mathematical evidence indicates that our universe is flat, but it could be infinitely big, as well. You can figure out if an object is flat with a ...

About a century ago, scientists were struggling to reconcile what seemed like a contradiction in Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity. Published in 1915, and already widely accepted ...

UC Santa Cruz physicist Stefano Profumo has put forward two imaginative but scientifically grounded theories that may help solve one of the biggest mysteries in physics: the origin of dark matter. In ...

There are moments in the theme park world when the ground seems to shift—when a project doesn’t just add to the skyline but ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. After her adventures in Wonderland, the fictional Alice stepped through the mirror above her fireplace in Lewis Carroll’s 1871 novel ...

Universal Epic Universe, Universal Orlando Resort's fourth theme park, opened in May 2025, 35 years after the first park, Universal Studios Florida. The addition of Epic Universe and three new hotels ...

Twenty-six years ago this week, Universal Studios opened its last major park, Islands of Adventure, the studio’s first major expansion after the opening of Universal Studios Florida in 1990. Over the ...