For over a century, astronomers have searched the skies for a perfect example of a phenomenon predicted by Albert Einstein: a luminous halo formed by the bending of light around a massive object. Now, ...

Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr had an ongoing rivalry about the true nature of quantum mechanics, and came up with a thought ...

For more than a century, gravity has been the stubborn outlier in physics, resisting every attempt to be folded neatly into the quantum rules that govern the rest of nature. Now a convergence of bold ...

This temporal lag is a direct consequence of Albert Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity. The rule is simple: the weaker ...

Scientists have confirmed, for the first time, that the very fabric of spacetime takes a "final plunge" at the edge of a black hole. The observation of this plunging region around black holes was made ...

Scientists have discovered an incredible new "Einstein Ring"—a type of intergalactic mirage formed when a massive galaxy warps the fabric of spacetime like a colossal lens. The ring was spotted by the ...

Albert Einstein with his secretary, Miss B Howard, and Commander Oliver L Lampson, who had arranged for an armed guard for the scientist at his holiday camp near Cromer.Photograph: Bettmann ...

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The appeal of Fine's book comes both from his smooth and interesting writing style and his openminded approach to the subject. The first half is primarily historical; the development of Einstein's ...

"Einstein needs to be rehabilitated" in both countries, said Jacob Szer, a theoretical physicist at the Technical University in West Berlin. Despite universal admiration for his early scientific work, ...