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Superfluid Helium Gyroscope Could Measure Earth Dragging Spacetime in a Lab, Physicists Propose
A Berkeley, Vienna and Caltech team says a chilled loop of helium-4 could rival space-based measurements of frame-dragging, on the ground.
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10 stories from Planck Standard. Latest: October 16, 2026.
PhysicsDying Stars Could Create New Universes Instead of Black Holes, Physicists Propose
Theoretical study suggests massive stellar collapse might trigger birth of tiny cosmos driven by dark energy, forming exotic objects called gravastars.
PhysicsPhilosophers Challenge Popular 'Block Universe' Theory of Space-Time
New analysis argues that physicists may be confusing existence with occurrence, creating fundamental misunderstandings about the nature of reality.
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Scientists Challenge Popular 'Block Universe' Theory With New Philosophical Analysis of Space-Time
A new study questions whether physicists have been confusing things that exist with things that occur, potentially undermining a fundamental assumption about reality.
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What Is Space-Time? Scientists Challenge the 'Block Universe' Theory
New philosophical analysis questions whether physicists are confusing things that exist with things that occur, potentially reshaping our understanding of reality.
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Philosophers Challenge Einstein's 'Block Universe' Theory of Space-Time
New analysis questions whether the past, present, and future all exist together timelessly, suggesting physicists may be confusing existence with occurrence.
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Scientists Challenge Century-Old "Block Universe" Theory in Revolutionary Space-Time Study
New philosophical analysis suggests physicists may be confusing things that exist with things that merely occur, potentially reshaping our understanding of reality itself.
PhysicsA Radical New Reading of Einstein's Wormholes Suggests Time Runs Backward on the Other Side
Physicists at the University of Portsmouth argue that the 'bridges' in Einstein's equations are not tunnels through space but mirrors of time — a framework they say could resolve the black hole information paradox and hint that our universe predates the Big Bang.
PhysicsPhysicists Confirm Hidden Quantum Geometry That Bends Electrons Like Gravity Bends Light
Researchers at the Université de Genève and the University of Salerno have experimentally detected the 'quantum metric' — a curvature of the quantum space inside materials — proving that electrons follow bent paths analogous to how Einstein's gravity bends light, with implications for terahertz electronics and superconductivity.
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Scientists Discover Hidden Geometry Inside Materials That Bends Electrons Like Gravity Bends Light
The quantum metric warps electron motion the same way spacetime curves around massive objects.
