Every week, the readers of our space newsletter, The Airlock, send in their questions for space reporter Neel V. Patel to answer. This week: how to produce artificial Earth-like gravity through ...

After keeping quiet for months, Ageia is using the 2006 Game Developers Conference as a platform to deliver actual cards and supporting software for its PhysX physics acceleration unit (or PPU).

In this video, we explore Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity, focusing on his insights into gravity and ...

If there is one thing our readers like it’s a good story about fundamental constants – and the fine structure constant (α) is always a favourite. In case you are not familiar with α, it’s a ...

\(\Delta v\) (pronounced 'delta v' is the change in speed of the object. Acceleration is measured in metres per second per second or metres per second squared \(m\, s^{-2}\). A sprinter starting at ...

The questions in this quiz are suitable for GCSE physics students studying terminal velocity, Newton's first, second and third laws and braking. If you struggled with the quiz, don't panic - we've got ...