From a telescope network that spans much of the globe to a psychology study that spans 67 countries, here are the biggest science experiments on the planet.

LEDs could explain why gravity is weaker than the other fundamental forces of nature, and why neutrinos have such tiny masses ...

Scientists have observed “bending” atoms using a crystal grating—an experiment once believed impossible at the high energies ...

From telescopes spanning the globe to particle accelerators that would take over 24 hours to walk around, these experiments are among the largest ever conducted. Ripples in the gravitational field ...

Black hole quantum effects are usually thought to be too small to have any observable signatures. This is indeed the case for ...

In an article published in Physical Review Letters on Thursday, scientists carried out an innovative study testing the ...

The proposed experiment, in its simplest form, involves using one small diamond crystal as a device to measure the gravitational pull of another equally tiny diamond crystal—this one in a ...

A classic quantum experiment that shows how particles can ... The finding could be used to design atomic detectors that can measure gravitational waves that can’t be detected with current ...

General relativity describes gravitation in a geometrical framework generalizing special relativity and classical mechanics. This term includes theoretical studies of gravity, experimental studies ...