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…
Quantum mechanics physics theory was born 100 years ago, thanks to Heisenberg’s hay fever
In 1925, a young German physicist fled to the treeless island of Helgoland in the North Sea to…
Famous double-slit experiment holds up when stripped to its quantum essentials | MIT News
MIT physicists have performed an idealized version of one of the most famous experiments in quantum physics. Their…
Einstein’s 1915 Letter to His Son Reveals the Key to Learning
Albert Einstein writing a density formula of the Milky Way in 1931 at the Carnegie Institute of the…