Is the universe ending sooner than we thought? New physics suggests a much shorter lifespan |

New physics reveals detailed calculations showing the universe’s end may come far sooner than expected, with an exact timeline/ Image: Space.com For decades, physicists assumed the universe would fade into darkness over a timescale so vast it barely fits in notation: around 10¹¹⁰⁰ years. But researchers at Radboud University in the Netherlands now say the […]

Why Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb thinks 3I/ATLAS is defying comet physics

A new set of deep-space images has reignited one of the strangest scientific arguments of 2025. The photos show sideways jet-like lines shooting out from the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS. Their geometry is so unusual that Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb says they may not be natural at all.Some astronomers insist the object is simply a weird […]

Physicist Chen Ning Yang passes away at 103; had won 1957 Nobel for work on ‘parity laws’ – tributes pour in

Chinese Nobel Prize-winning physicist Chen Ning Yang delivers a speech at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou in eastern China’s Zhejiang province, on April 14, 2014. (Chinatopix via AP) Renowned Chinese physicist Chen Ning Yang, who won the 1957 Nobel Prize in Physics, died of illness in Beijing on Saturday, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported.He was […]

Three scientists win Physics Nobel for work that paved way for cellphones

File photo: US scientists John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis STOCKHOLM: US-based scientists John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics for “experiments that revealed quantum physics in action”, paving the way for the development of the next generation of digital technologies. “There is no advanced technology today […]

‘Killed not because they knew physics but … ‘: Israel targets Iran’s nuclear brains; kills 14 scientists

Israel’s recent military campaign against Iran reportedly involved the targeted killings of at least 14 senior Iranian nuclear scientists — a move Israeli officials describe as a direct blow to the core of Tehran’s nuclear weapons programme.According to Israel’s ambassador to France, Joshua Zarka, the operation aimed to dismantle Iran’s nuclear capabilities by eliminating key […]

Random Musings: Why quantum physics, not economics, is key to understanding Trump tariffs | World News

In The Tao of Physics, perhaps the finest popular novel on parallels between modern physics and “Eastern mysticism”, author Michiko Kaku sums up the dichotomy by stating: “Socrates in Greece made the famous statement ‘I know that I know nothing,’ and Lao Tzu in China said, ‘Not knowing that one knows is best.’” The two […]