Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about physics, science, academia, and pop culture. There's an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation in which John de ...

HERE is a readable book, excellently translated, for which we have again to thank Mr. H. L. Brose. Though it is called an introduction to the theory of relativity and gravitation, it is more strictly ...

Black holes can’t be formed from pure light. Quantum physics would curb their creation under any foreseeable conditions, a new study suggests. Typically, matter is responsible for black holes. They’re ...