For science-fiction enthusiasts, that’s a bit depressing. Space is big, and while the speed of light is incredibly fast to us ...

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

Some things we see in space appear to outpace light. Now we are learning to harness these bizarre optical illusions to ...

Are you fast? Can you beat a friend in a race? How about an olympic sprinter? How about a beam of light? Find out how fast light is, how far a light year is, and learn how close our nearest exoplanet ...

In the future, could our mobile phones and internet data operate using light rather than just electricity? Now, for the first time, an international research team led by CNRS researchers working at ...