Theoretical Physics : Discovery News

Stellar Wormholes May Exist

Posted Sat Mar 5, 2011 05:03 AM ET | 0

It's speculative, but could pairs of stars be connected via tunnels in spacetime? Read more

Top 5 Time Travel Methods from the Movies

Posted Mon Apr 19, 2010 03:23 PM ET | 0

Movies are riddled with time travel plots, but which are the most feasible? Time travel expert Ron Mallett gives us his top 5 science fiction story lines. Read more

Coming Without Warning

Posted by John D. Cox Thu Feb 18, 2010 01:42 PM ET | 0

Since the recent discovery of abrupt climate change -- that big changes can come quickly -- researchers have been looking for "warning signs" to help us avert "regime shifts" that could suddenly alter things we take for granted, such as ... Read more

Neutrino May Have Triggered Dark Energy

Posted by Irene Klotz Mon Dec 28, 2009 10:05 AM ET | 0

A new theory may explain the mysterious force that is causing our universe to expand at a faster and faster rate. Read more

Top 5 Misconceptions About The LHC

Posted Mon Nov 23, 2009 12:18 AM ET | 0

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is a complex piece of kit and the stuff it will discover could revolutionize our understanding of the universe. That sounds well and good, but what's all this crazy talk about the LHC being some kind of doomsday... Read more

Stephen Hawking Hospitalized, Reported Very Ill: Discovery News

Posted Mon Oct 26, 2009 10:38 PM ET

Famed mathematician Stephen Hawking has been rushed to the hospital in Cambridge, England. Read more

Stephen Hawking Hospitalized, Reported Very Ill: Discovery News

Posted Tue Jun 30, 2009 09:26 PM ET

Famed mathematician Stephen Hawking has been rushed to the hospital in Cambridge, England. Read more

Dark Energy and Surfing Spacetime

Posted by Ian O'Neill Sat Jun 6, 2009 04:07 PM ET | 0

Warp drive propulsion may be a sci-fi favorite for the USS Enterprise to speed around the cosmos, but can the technology ever become a reality? Read more

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Einstein's E=MC2 Proven Thanks to Quarks: Discovery News

Posted Tue Nov 25, 2008 09:37 AM ET

It's taken more than a century, but Einstein's celebrated formula e=mc2 has finally been corroborated, thanks to a heroic computational effort by French, German and Hungarian physicists. Read more

Astrophysicist Stephen Hawking Retires From Post : Discovery News

Posted Fri Oct 24, 2008 07:17 AM ET

Cosmologist Stephen Hawking will retire from his prestigious post at Cambridge University next year, but intends to continue his exploration of time and space. Read more

Particle Smasher's Black Holes Would Be Tiny: Discovery News

Posted Wed Sep 10, 2008 08:01 AM ET

Today officials at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, formally switched on the Large Hadron Collider, the so-called 'doomsday machine' under Geneva, Switzerland that will smash protons against protons with so much force that... Read more