Physics
Learn how physics rule the world (and everything beyond it) with explainers on Earth's geological processes, quantum and particle physics, robotics, and more.
Latest in Physics
![Gold atom with nucleus and floating particles to depict what is matter](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/22/what-is-matter-atom-illustration.jpg?w=781)
Particle Physics
What is matter? It’s not as basic as you’d think.
![Scientist inspects portion of LCLS installation](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/19/53138912752_7b27a6eea5_k.jpg?w=800)
Particle Physics
This record-breaking X-ray laser is ready to unlock quantum secrets
![Runners forming a V-shape with marathoner Eluid Kipchoge in the rear, on a road beside trees.](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/23/marathon-running-pack-formation-kipchoge-record.jpg?w=782)
Fitness & Exercise
The surprising strategy behind running the fastest marathon
![The IceCube Lab is seen under a starry night sky, with the Milky Way appearing over low auroras in the background.](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/29/IceCube-neutrino-locator.jpg?w=800)
Particle Physics
The Milky Way’s ghostly neutrinos have finally been found
![Closeup of vent horizon around M87, a supermassive black hole and the first black hole image](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/26/m87-first-black-hole-image-analysis.jpg?w=763)
Black Holes
This supermassive black hole sucks big time
![Satellite image of the powerful eruption.](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/14/Screen-Shot-2023-04-14-at-11.03.44-AM.png?w=705)
Engineering
How the Tonga eruption rang Earth ‘like a bell’
![Google Sycamore processor for quantum computer hanging from a server room with gold and blue wires](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/06/google-sycamore-quantum-computer-processor.jpg?w=718)
Black Holes
Quantum computers can’t teleport things—yet
![Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees hits a home run against the Boston Red Sox during the eighth inning at Fenway Park on September 13, 2022 in Boston, Massachusetts.](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/06/JudgeHomeRun.jpg?w=800)
Climate Change
Hotter weather could be changing baseball
![Heat of sun radiating through cold of space](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/18/sun-hot-space-cold-nasa.jpg?w=800)
Deep Space
Why is space cold if the sun is hot?
![An airplane taking off toward the camera at dusk, with lights along the runway and on the front of the plane, against a cloudy reddish sunset.](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/11/josue-isai-ramos-figueroa-n2NBgIx3A28-unsplash.jpg?w=675)
Ask Us Anything
Let’s talk about how planes fly
![ISS astronauts are building objects that couldn’t exist on Earth](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/03/International-space-station.jpg?w=817)
International Space Station