Like physics, math has its own set of “fundamental particles”—the prime numbers, which can’t be broken down into smaller ...
Everything that falls into a black hole falls in at the same time. Perhaps in the distant past, some unfortunate alien astronaut was sent past the event horizon to explore what lies beyond. From our ...
A radical new theory by physicist Naman Kumar is challenging the way we think about the birth of the universe. Rather than ...
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Two blind spots torture physicists: the birth of the universe and the center of a black hole. The former may feel like a moment in time ...