Wilczek’s Multiverse | Revisiting the peaks of Nobel laureate Chen-ning Yang’s remarkable career
In the latest instalment of his exclusive series for the South China Morning Post, American theoretical physicist and…
Einstein–Rosen bridges are not wormholes but quantum links between opposite directions of time
In an effort to bring together the domains of gravity and quantum theory, Albert Einstein and Nathan Rosen…
Black holes are twisting the universe: New discovery shows Einstein was right |
Some discoveries arrive quietly, without fireworks or clean endings. Astronomers were watching a distant flare from a galaxy…
Could time travel actually be possible? One researcher thinks so
One Vanderbilt University researcher thinks time travel might not just be for the movies. (Credit: Wikimedia Commons). Time…
Astronomers discover spacetime drag around a supermassive black hole — as predicted by Einstein
A star’s fatal brush with a supermassive black hole can light up a quiet galaxy. When gravity shreds…
The Most Famous Failed Experiment In History Disproved A Common Understanding Of How Light Traveled, And It Paved The Way For Einstein’s Theory Of Relativity. » TwistedSifter
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New high-res black hole images challenge Einstein’s theory of relativity
A black hole can feel like the most distant and unreal object you could ever think about, yet…
How did Chen-ning Yang miss out on a second Nobel Prize in physics?
Since the Nobel Prize began recognising exceptional achievements in science, literature and peace in 1901, only five scientists…
Two new black hole collisions confirm Einstein’s theory with record precision
For the first time, scientists have detected two black hole mergers with spins so unusual they may reveal…
6 Times Einstein Missed the Mark, but Still Changed Physics
Albert Einstein is undeniably one of the greatest names in physics. But Einstein, for all his contributions to…
Gravitational waves help scientists measure newborn black hole’s ‘kick’
The historic finding comes about a decade after the first detection of gravitational waves performed by a famous…
International collaboration doubles detection of cosmic collisions | Innovate UK
An international team of researchers has announced a significant advancement in gravitational-wave astronomy, with the detection of 128…