Explore 25 science experiments that defied the laws of physics, revealing mind-bending phenomena that challenge intuition.

Just over a week ago, European physicists announced they had measured the strength of gravity on the smallest scale ever. In a clever tabletop experiment, researchers at Leiden University in the ...

Just over a week ago, European physicists announced they had measured the strength of gravity on the smallest scale ever. In a clever tabletop experiment, researchers at Leiden University in the ...

Though spacecraft with artificial gravity are still a distant dream, we had proof of concept way back in September 1966.

What happens to soft matter when gravity disappears? To answer this, UvA physicists launched a fluid dynamics experiment on a sounding rocket. The suborbital rocket reached an altitude of 267 km ...

You can say the universe has a split personality. Or better said, our physical models of the universe are the ones fractured.

The Juno spacecraft now orbiting Jupiter has a suite of science instruments which will investigate the existence of a possible solid planetary core, map Jupiter’s intense magnetic field, measure the ...

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The first planned artificial gravity experiment took place in late 1966, but the first human on the Moon beat them to it.