The central hubris of physics has long been the idea that it is the most “fundamental” of all sciences. Physics students learn about the basic stuff of reality—space and tim ...

Sabine Hossenfelder reviews Origins: the Scientific Story of Creation by Jim Baggott How did this happen? You, reading this, sitting on a rock that orbits a bright ball of plasma, which itself ...

Our universe started with a bang that blasted everything into existence. But what happened next is a mystery. Scientists think that before atoms formed—or even the protons and neutrons they’re made of ...

The expanding Universe, full of galaxies and the complex structure we observe today, arose from a smaller, hotter, denser, more uniform state. But even that initial state had its origins, with cosmic ...

Coaching appointments will be available beginning in week 2 of the fall semester. Please make an appointment using the link below. One-on-one appointments between students and physics coaches offer ...

UC Santa Cruz physicists took questions from the crowd at an October 29 community event held by the campus group Santa Cruz Organization for Outreach in Physics. From left to right: professors Amy ...

This course examines energy as a fundamental concept in physics and an essential element of human society. Basic principles of energy conservation and transformation are developed to understand ...

Plasma physics is the study of charged particles and fluids interacting with self-consistent electric and magnetic fields. It is a basic research discipline that has many different areas of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about physics, science, academia, and pop culture. As 2019 winds down, we’re seeing a lot of stories offering wrap-ups of ...