Astronomers have observed a star wobbling in its orbit around a ravenous supermassive black hole that is ripping it apart and ...

A star’s fatal brush with a supermassive black hole can light up a quiet galaxy. When gravity shreds the star, its gas ...

Einstein’s equations were written for chalkboards and paper, yet they now sit at the heart of some of the most visually spectacular simulations ever run on a supercomputer. By folding general ...

The cosmos has served up a gift for a group of scientists who have been searching for one of the most elusive phenomena in ...

Learn how researchers used Einstein’s theory of general relativity to create the most accurate simulations to date.

Scientists observed a spinning black hole dragging space and time as it tore apart a star, confirming a key prediction of Einstein’s theory of relativity ...

The fabric of space and time is not exempt from the effects of gravity. Plop in a mass and space-time curves around it, not dissimilar to what happens when you put a bowling ball on a trampoline. This ...

The rapid expansion of the universe has been the most perplexing enigma in physics. To unravel this cosmic puzzle, scientists turn to the fundamental laws of physics, including Albert Einstein's ...

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

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 ...

An international team led by Japanese researchers has made a 3D map of 3000 galaxies 13 billion light years from Earth, and found that Einstein’s general theory of relativity is still valid. Since it ...

Researchers at the University of East Anglia and the University of Manchester have helped conduct a 16-year long experiment to challenge Einstein’s theory of general relativity. The international team ...