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See the latest physics news and expert analysis on dark matter, the multiverse, theoretical and particle physics, quantum theory, and more from the world of physics.

A pair of black holes

Physics

Gravitational waves from black hole pairs could act like tractor beams

When two black holes orbit one another, they create a swirling vortex of gravitational waves that could trap any nearby objects like a sci-fi tractor beam

Lucy and Stephen Hawking

Physics

Stephen Hawking, my father: “Harry Potter has magic, we have science”

Hawking

Physics

Brief Answers to the Big Questions review: Seeking the real Hawking

Hawking radiation

Physics

Sneak peek at Hawking’s last book, Brief Answers to the Big Questions

Tara Shears: Why hasn’t the LHC found anything new? (鈥r has it?)

Jim Al-Khalili: A brief history of gravity

black box artwork

Physics

Could the world’s mightiest computers be too complicated to use?

Physics

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William Nordhaus and Paul Romer

Environment

Economics Nobel prize given for putting a price tag on climate change

Very Large Telescope

Physics

There’s a glitch at the edge of the universe that could remake physics

One mysterious number determines how physics, chemistry and biology work. But controversial experimental hints suggest it's not one number at all

Physics

Hundreds of physicists condemn sexist talk at CERN on women in physics

Physics

Chemistry Nobel Prize awarded for harnessing evolution to help humans

Physics

Donna Strickland is the third woman ever to win a physics Nobel Prize

Physics

Physicist sparks gender row after claiming women are worse at physics