When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. General relativity is physicist Albert Einstein's understanding of how gravity affects the fabric ...

This is the second of a three-part series examining the history, science and implications of Einstein’s general theory of relativity. Part one was published December 7. “The views of space and time ...

Einstein’s equations were written for chalkboards and paper, yet they now sit at the heart of some of the most visually ...

Einstein's theory of general relativity, published in 1916, built upon his earlier work, including special relativity and the mass-energy equivalence, both published in his "Annus Mirabilis" in 1905.

When the first-ever image of a black hole was released in April 2019, it marked a powerful confirmation of Albert Einstein’s theory of gravity, or general relativity. The theory not only describes the ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity has held up pretty well after a century out in the ...

Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity has been proven right again — and this time, physicists have pinned down just how precise it is: Any deviations from his theory of general relativity are ...

When black holes collide, the impact radiates into space like the sound of a bell in the form of gravitational waves. But ...

Einstein’s general theory of relativity can be summed up in just 12 words: “Space-time tells matter how to move; matter tells space-time how to curve”. But this short description from the physicist ...

Valerio Faraoni receives funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. Andrea Giusti received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation ...