A researcher throws cold water on a recent effort that purported to eliminate black holes' greatest and most enduring mystery ...

Researchers have shown that abstract mathematical functions from the frontiers of theoretical physics have a real-world use in modeling gravitational waves ...

String theory proposes that the universe’s fundamental particles aren’t points but tiny vibrating strings, whose different modes create the variety of matter and forces, including gravity through the ...

Recent advances in theoretical physics have highlighted the central role of chaotic dynamics in understanding black hole phenomena and string theory. Chaotic behaviour, characterised by a ...

What lies at the heart of a black hole has puzzled physicists for decades. Now, a team led by physicist Enrico Rinaldi has ...

A new study achieves unprecedented accuracy in modelling extreme cosmic events like black hole and neutron ... complex geometric structures from string theory and algebraic geometry -- within ...

Taylor is Pro-Vice Chancellor and Head of College of Engineering and Physical Sciences at the University of Birmingham in the U.K., and her research focuses on using string theory and black hole ...

The Physics of Gravity: Einstein vs. Quantum Gravity General relativity describes gravity as spacetime curvature but conflicts with quantum mechanics at black hole singularities. Loop quantum gravity ...

By adapting mathematical techniques used in particle physics, researchers in Germany have developed an approach that could ...

An illustration of two black holes about to merge and emitting copious gravitational waves.