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This new propulsion system could rewrite the rules of spaceflight—not to mention completely defy conventional physics.

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Thanks to Einstein's theory of relativity, numerous tests have concluded tangible effects on how we on Earth record and measure the passing of time.

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De Rham is a professor of theoretical physics at Imperial College London. She spoke with Quirks & Quarks host Bob McDonald about her new book, The Beauty of Falling: A life in pursuit of gravity.

Dark energy may have a completely unknown aspect of physics acting as an accomplice in its efforts to defy gravity, suppressing the growth of large-scale structures like galaxy superclusters.

A new recipe for black holes could do away with central singularities, saving the laws of physics from troubling infinities.