DOES it really matter? Albert Einstein’s theory is an argument upon which the very nature of space and time — and the fate of the universe — depends. At its core, the idea is simple: Space and time — ...

Einstein’s theory of general relativity has passed experimental tests for more than a century, but physicists know it cannot ...

Learn how researchers used Einstein’s theory of general relativity to create the most accurate simulations to date. Think of a black hole, and you might imagine a literal dark hole, but contrary to ...

IN MARCH, a team of physicists announced that they had detected ripples in space-time produced at the universe’s birth. Their claims took the world by storm. One of my colleagues declared it the most ...

An international group of scientists has been studying how the structure of the universe has grown over the past 11 billion years. These researchers recently announced findings about how gravity ...

A century ago, physicist Albert Einstein unveiled a theory that would change the world — general relativity. It would cement his place at the top of the pantheon of scientific minds, and see him ...

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. PRINCETON, New Jersey. By the autumn of 1915, Albert Einstein was a bit grumpy. And why not? Cheered ...

The celebrated scientist transformed our understanding of space, time and energy but also of imagination, knowledge and life.

Just over a century ago, Einstein predicted that the gravity of massive objects could warp spacetime. If Einstein is right then all spinning bodies should twist the fabric of spacetime Astronomers ...

110 years ago today, Albert Einstein published his General Theory of Relativity, which redefined the relationship between matter and gravity. Suddenly, our mysterious universe made a little more sense ...