During the latter part of the 20th century, string theory was put forward as a unifying theory of physics foundations. String theory has not, however, fulfilled expectations. That is why we are of the ...

University of Wyoming President Ed Seidel will deliver the Department of Physics and Astronomy’s fall 2025 Rebka-Hafele-Einstein Distinguished Lecture Friday, Nov. 7. The president will present “The ...

From Quanta Magazine (find original story here). In November 1915, in a lecture before the Prussian Academy of Sciences, Albert Einstein described an idea that upended humanity’s view of the universe.

According to general relativity, black holes are incomplete, which prevents developing a complete physical description of their dynamical formation and evolution once quantum effects are taken into ...