How do we know the speed of light – and why does it have a speed limit at all? Leah Crane explores the history of one of the ...

Researchers at Aalto University have demonstrated single-shot tensor computing at the speed of light, a remarkable step ...

Imagine traveling at the speed of light and still being too slow to escape the vastness of space. From the nearest star Proxima Centauri to the Milky Way’s edge, this journey reveals the mind-boggling ...

Researchers built a computer that performs AI calculations at light speed in a single shot. The breakthrough can help AI ...

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...

Congratulations on noticing an effect called superluminal expansion, a phenomenon we see in a light echo. The echo appears to us to expand at many times the speed of light, seemingly violating the ...

The ScopeX Lab and the Yao Group are on the cutting edge of photonics-based research and mid-infrared sensing technologies ...

Science fiction authors and readers dream of travelling at the speed of light, but Einstein tells us we can’t. You might think that’s an arbitrary rule, but [FloatHeadPhysics] shows a different way to ...

A marshmallow meteorite hurtling straight toward Earth? How would this sweet space object begin its descent toward our planet ...

Here is a thought experiment for you: imagine shining a powerful laser at the moon, the beam cutting through space until it lands on its dusty grey surface. Now flick the laser so the spot of light ...