The Terrell-Penrose effect, predicted in 1959, suggests that objects moving at speeds close to that of light appear rotated.

The classical scientific theories by which we understand the world around us do not hold good at the subatomic level. There, ...

Those who care about America's global leadership, should be alarmed by deep funding cuts to to the NSF and NIH.

This mind-bending visual twist, known as the Terrell–Penrose effect, was first proposed in 1959 by physicists James Terrell ...

A n experiment has visualized a prediction about objects traveling at the speed of light known as the Penrose-Terrell Effect, first made over 60 years ago.

If we can harness the potential of quantum physics, modern computers may come to seem like plodding calculators in comparison with the machines of the future, says Chris Carter ...

Quantum physics began in 1900 when the German physicist Max Planck determined the scale of quantum phenomena. In 1905, Albert ...

The concept of the "Law of the Jungle," popularized by Rudyard Kipling in 1894, underscores a brutish state of nature were power dictates survival. This idea parallels Liberia's historical struggles ...

"Dark photon" theory says light's interference patterns may emerge from quantum particles, not waves, upending centuries of ...

Tonight’s episode of The Rehearsal doesn’t go as far out on a limb as the last one, which is no great slight against it, because the Redwood Forest doesn’t have limbs long enough to accommodate a ...

Recent findings from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument suggest the possibility of new physics that extends beyond the ...