What is the 'singularity' in the first place? 'Singularity' is a term that appears in research fields such as artificial intelligence and the humanities, but when physicists use it when discussing the ...

It's a common theme in science fiction: Mankind struggles to survive in a dystopian futuristic society. Scientists discover too late that their machines are too powerful to control and they even end ...

Everything that falls into a black hole falls in at the same time. Perhaps in the distant past, some unfortunate alien astronaut was sent past the event horizon to explore what lies beyond. From our ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. About 13.8 billion years ago, the entire cosmos consisted of a tiny, hot, dense ball of energy that suddenly exploded. That’s how ...