Dr. Dave Goldberg's posts

The news out of Geneva gives a tantalizing first taste of really discovering the Higgs Boson. Is this for real? In…

Amidst the dubious news of neutrinos potentially traveling faster than light, it's easy to lose sight of something…

There's been a lot of hubbub about the possibility of FTL neutrinos. But would breaking the light barrier really be…

So did the folks at CERN really record neutrinos moving faster than light? Was Einstein wrong about light speed…

The prospect a faster-than-light spacecraft is incredibly tempting. But is it practical? Do the laws of physics…

The fabric of the universe seems like it's sewn tight, but it's likely that even now, tiny ripples are stretching…

The centers of black holes are among the strangest places in the universe — so strange that current physics can't…

If you're like the rest of us, you're almost certainly made of matter. But where did all that delicious, gooey…

Is the universe flat or spherical or saddle-shaped, and what do any of these things really mean? Do we live in a…

In this week's "Ask a Physicist" we're going to consider an incredibly ill-conceived mission: a trip to a neutron…

In this week's "Ask a Physicist," we'll explore an awesome mash-up of exoplanets, supercivilizations, and dark…