A particle that lacks the energy to climb a barrier can still appear on the far side, a curiosity known as “quantum tunneling ...

This mind-bending visual twist, known as the Terrell–Penrose effect, was first proposed in 1959 by physicists James Terrell ...

At CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC), lead atom nuclei, accelerated in opposite directions, collide at speeds close to the ...

A n experiment has visualized a prediction about objects traveling at the speed of light known as the Penrose-Terrell Effect, first made over 60 years ago.

Since January, layoffs, leadership resignations and a massive proposed reorganization have threatened the integrity and ...

The idea was first hypothesized about 70 years ago. In a bizarre repercussion of Albert Einstein's Special Theory of ...

Einstein’s strangest optical illusion has been captured—thanks to lasers, a cube, and a bit of artistic inspiration.

Physicists from the University of Vienna have for the first time reproduced the optical illusion known as the Terrell-Penrose ...