The nature of black holes, or even whether they exist, is a rich area of speculation among physicists. In a New Scientist exclusive article, physicists from Germany & France ... Read More

Apr. 30, 1006 - The brightest supernova in recorded history, Supernova SN 1006, first appears in the constellation Lupus. May 3, 1892 - English physicist George Paget Thomson is born. ... Read More

According to CNN.com, Stephen Hawking's zero gravity flight was a success. In interviews with reporters, he described the experience as "amazing" and "wonderful." You can also view a ... Read More

Yesterday, the United States Senate passed the America COMPETES Act, to help boost scientific and technological research and innovation by the United States. Check out the Council on Competitiveness ... Read More

Tomorrow (Thursday, April 26), physicist Stephen Hawking will be taking a trip ... a trip into a zero-gravity world for 25 seconds. Space tourism company Zero Gravity Corp has ... Read More

Scientists have found a planet which may be the most Earth-like planet found to date. It has a mass closer to that of the Earth than any other found, ... Read More

Apr. 23, 1858 - German physicist & Nobel laureate Max Planck is born. Planck is credited as the father of quantum physics, because his solution to the ultraviolet catastrophe ... Read More

In a fascinating article, New Scientist explains about a new process that uses a normal Hewlett-Packard ink printer to create a circuit board. The process involves replacing the ink ... Read More

Apr. 20, 1902 - Pierre & Marie Curie refine radium chloride. Apr. 22, 1904 - American physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer was born. Oppenheimer is sometimes called "the father of the ... Read More

In 1992, Pope John Paul II formally expressed regret over the treatment of Galileo Galilei at the hands of the Catholic Church. Galileo's astronomical observations with the telescope convinced him that ... Read More

The About Physics blog has covered a number of reports of growing nanotechnology innovations, the ever-increasing trend of technological miniaturization, as well as growth toward optical systems as sophisticated and ... Read More

In studying the effects of quantum physics, one problem that researchers run into is that in the physical world the fundamental forces of physics tend to overrule purely quantum effects. ... Read More

April 12, 1633 - The Inquisition of the Catholic Church begins the formal inquest of Galileo Galilei on charges of heresy for saying that the Earth revolved around the Sun. April ... Read More

In 2004, a giant Wolf-Rayet star (which begins life 40 times the mass of the Sun) explosion was observed by astronomers. This explosion did not end the star's life, ... Read More

Apr. 6, 648 B.C. - Earliest solar eclipse was recorded by the ancient Greeks. Apr. 5, 1804 - The High Possil Meteorite, the first recorded meteorite fall in Scotland, strikes in ... Read More