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Thomas Smeenk, BA, unveils a proposed conformal invariant, A = E/(hv), explored as a potential bridge between General ...

When the 3 rd -century Christian theologian Origen of Alexandria attempted to account for the unusual movements of the Star ...

Perihelion is the point at which an orbiting body is closest to the sun. The word comes from Greek and literally means around ...

This new Research Topic is dedicated to publishing high-quality scholarly papers on pivotal topics in the interactive field ...

Three thought experiments involving “demons” have haunted physics for centuries. What should we make of them today?

The cosmos has served up a gift for a group of scientists who have been searching for one of the most elusive phenomena in ...

A Star Trek–inspired idea by Miguel Alcubierre kicked off decades of theory and experiments as scientists pursue plausible ...

Clocks tick faster on Mars than they do on Earth, in part because Mars experiences less gravitational pull from the Sun. Now scientists have calculated just how much faster -- 477 microseconds, on ...