When we think creatively, produce novel ideas, or otherwise have “Eureka” moments, we may actually unlock access to a ...

A fringe new theory suggests that time is the fundamental structure of the physical universe, and space is merely a byproduct. According to Gunther Kletetschka, a geologist — not a physicist, you'll ...

A physicist proposes that time has three dimensions instead of one, which could finally unite quantum mechanics and Einstein’s relativity into a single theory. The theory makes specific, testable ...

How would our world be viewed by observers moving faster than light in a vacuum? Such a picture would be clearly different from what we encounter every day. We should expect to see not only phenomena ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) systems, particularly artificial neural networks, have proved to be highly promising tools for ...

In the mid-19th century, Bernhard Riemann conceived of a new way to think about mathematical spaces, providing the foundation ...

Spacetime isn’t something that exists; it’s a model for describing how events happen. Treating events as objects creates ...

A University of Iowa researcher has been awarded funding from NASA to create an interstellar map that could lead to more accurate observations of planets located outside our solar system — known as ...

"It may take decades before we find out what really happens in black holes." Reports of the singularity's demise may have been premature. Earlier this year, new research suggested a potential solution ...

Here’s what you’ll learn in this story: Time might actually have 3 dimensions. But it also means that the space would actually be one-dimensional, instead of the three dimensions we’re familiar with.