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

Every year, our planet makes one full trip around the Sun. And while that means we’re already moving at breakneck speeds, we’re about to ramp that speed up. Like, way up! Let’s turn Earth into a ...

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 ...

The idea was first hypothesized about 70 years ago. In a bizarre repercussion of Albert Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity, objects traveling close to the speed of light appear flipped over. The ...