Textbooks give strange, imprecise explanations of where things happen in quantum mechanics. Consistency with gravity needs a fresh approach.

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. At the beginning of time and the center of every black hole lies a point of infinite density called a singularity. To explore these ...

From Newton’s falling apple to Einstein’s curved spacetime, our understanding of gravity has come a long way, yet this ...

Ten events that would unfold if gravity suddenly vanished, beginning with the effects on our bodies and ending with the ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Two blind spots torture physicists: the birth of the universe and the center of a black hole. The former may feel like a moment in time ...

Let’s talk about quantum gravity experiments that can be done here on Earth! If we discover how to connect quantum mechanics with general relativity we’ll pretty much win physics. There are multiple ...

Q: I am a 78-year-old man who’s about an inch and a half shorter than he used to be at one time. Why am I shrinking? A: We’re all getting shorter with age. Blame gravity. There are 23 discs between ...

Underwater gravity-aided inertial navigation systems (GINS) combine the high-frequency, self-contained measurements from inertial sensors with geophysical gravity data to overcome the positional ...