Distance in space is an illusion
Andromeda sounds far away because 2.5 million light-years sounds far away. It lands with authority. It feels exact.…
Expanding catalog of black hole collisions is rewriting the history of the universe
Between May 2023 and January 2024, a global network of gravitational-wave detectors picked up 128 new cosmic signals,…
Radio signal discovered at the center of our galaxy could put Einstein’s relativity to the test
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The 3-Body Problem Just Got an Upgrade—and You Can Thank Einstein
I’ve yet to meet a physicist that didn’t believe in the beauty of the general theory of relativity—Einstein’s…
Even Dark Matter Can’t Catch a Break From Gravity, Study Suggests
There’s still a lot we don’t know about dark matter, or the “missing” mass supposedly constituting around 85%…
Einstein’s relativity could rewrite a major rule about what types of planets are habitable
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What If the Big Bang Wasn’t the Beginning? Supercomputers Search for Clues
By simulating Einstein’s equations under extreme conditions, researchers may finally glimpse what happened before the Big Bang. Credit:…
What happens when you cross the point of no return?
Black holes form when massive stars exhaust their nuclear fuel and collapse under their own gravity. This collapse…
“This Shadow Revealed a Hidden World”: Scientists Use Einstein’s Theories to Uncover a Giant Planet Concealed 9,800 Light-Years Away
IN A NUTSHELL 🌌 AT2021uey b is a massive exoplanet discovered in a metal-poor region of the Milky…