Astronomers Caught a Spacetime Whirlpool Around a Black Hole as First Predicted by Einstein. “This is a Real Gift for Physicists”
An artist’s impression depicts the accretion disk surrounding a black hole, in which the inner region of the…
Scientists Finally Know the Exact Time on Mars With A Bit of Help From Einstein
Credit: ZME Science/Midjourney. On Mars, clocks run slightly faster. Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology…
Chinese physicists prove Einstein wrong and put century-old debate to an end
For the first time, scientists in China have faithfully recreated a thought experiment proposed by Albert Einstein nearly…
Chinese Nobel Prize-winning physicist Chen-ning Yang dies, aged 103
Nobel Prize-winning theoretical physicist Chen-ning Yang, died in Beijing on Saturday at the age of 103. Yang died…
From black holes to wormholes – welcome to the warped side of the Universe – The Irish Times
We live in a Universe that is, in parts, distinctly warped. It’s a feature that has intrigued Prof…
A Newly Discovered ‘Einstein’s Cross’ Reveals the Existence of a Giant Dark Matter Halo
The gravitational lensing not only splits the light source, but magnifies it, allowing a detailed view of the…
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…
Quantum computers the key to elusive ‘Theory of Everything’
During the first two decades of the 20th century, European science experienced a revolution. Albert Einstein’s Theory of…
How were black holes discovered? 240-year-old concept hypothesised ‘dark stars’ which turned out to be…
Black holes weren’t always known by this name. In fact, the name wasn’t coined until 1967, and the…
A Study Appears to Stunningly Contradict Newton and Einstein’s Theory of Gravity
Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity, an immensely important update…
Albert Einstein Invented An Appliance That Took Over Kitchens Everywhere. So Where Is It Today?
Albert Einstein is a renowned physicist whose name still echoes in rooms where brilliance is discussed, his contributions…
Einstein Was Wrong? ‘Idealized’ Double-Slit Experiment Ends Nearly 100-Year-Old Debate
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) scientists performing what they described as an “idealized” version of the infamous double-slit…