Light's behavior seems counterintuitive. That is, until you figure out light is a wave. The way light behaves can seem very counterintuitive, and many physicists would agree with that, but once you ...
Light is well known to exhibit both wave-like and particle-like properties, as imaged here in this 2015 photograph. What's less well appreciated is that matter particles also exhibit those wave-like ...
Collision course Artist’s impression of gravitational waves from two black holes. (Courtesy: iStock/Auris) By adapting mathematical techniques used in particle physics, researchers in Germany have ...