For the first time, physicists have simulated what objects moving near the speed of light would look like — an optical ...

From early experiments with lanterns to Einstein’s revelations about space and time, the speed of light has proven to be far more than a number: it’s the cosmic constant that defines reality.

If there is an absolute law in the universe, it’s that nothing can travel faster than the speed of light. Space is big, and ...

“If you wanted to take a picture of the rocket as it flew past, you would have to take into account that the light from ...

Some things we see in space appear to outpace light. Now we are learning to harness these bizarre optical illusions to ...

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Previous models explored the illusion, but this is the first time it has been actually recreated in a lab setting.

Recently, the James Webb Space Telescope observed signals that moved faster than the speed of light. Does this mean that faster-than-light travel is real? If not, what explai ...

A team of scientists has taken a big step toward a new kind of computing that could work at the speed of light. Instead of ...

Imagine future smartphones and computers that run on light instead of electricity—making them faster, more efficient, and ...