Where physics breaks
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Quantum mechanics and general relativity are each tested to astonishing precision, and they do not fit together. The evidence, the particle zoo, and the candidates for a theory of everything.
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The quantum world
Gravity
The particle zoo
Candidates for everything
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General relativity and quantum mechanics cannot both be the final word.
Proven
The Double-Slit Experiment
Fact
Wave-Particle Duality
Fact
The Uncertainty Principle
Proven
Quantum Entanglement
Proven
Quantum Tunnelling
Contested
Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics
Theory
General Relativity
Proven
Gravitational Waves
Proven
Black Holes
Proven
Gravitational Lensing
Proven
The Equivalence of Mass and Energy
Proven
The Bending of Starlight
Theory
The Standard Model of Particle Physics
Proven
The Higgs Boson
Proven
Neutrino Oscillation
Theory
Quantum Field Theory
Fact
The Large Hadron Collider
Fact
The Photon
Theory
String Theory
Hypothesis
Loop Quantum Gravity
Hypothesis
Grand Unified Theory
Hypothesis
The Holographic Principle
Contested
The Multiverse
Contested
The Nature of Time
Question
What happens at the centre of a black hole?
Question
Dark matter and dark energy make up most of the universe. What are they?
Theory
Dark Matter: The Leading Theoretical Framework for Missing Mass in the Universe
Contested
Dark Energy