Though there is an overwhelming amount of information floating around out there about the theory of relativity in all her guises, I was stumped last week when my eight year old nephew asked me to ...

Understand Einstein’s General Relativity with a clear and easy-to-follow explanation that breaks down complex ideas like ...

Time travel has shifted from pure fantasy to a serious, if highly constrained, topic in modern physics. The equations that ...

Yesterday, I wrote about the core concepts needed to understand quantum physics, which is one of the two pillars of modern physics. The other, of course, is the theory of relativity, the full and ...

One hundred years ago this Wednesday, Albert Einstein gave the last of a series of presentations to the Prussian Academy of Sciences, which marks the official completion of his General Theory of ...

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 ...

New impressions A visualization of a curved space–time “sea” from the general-relativity simulations carried out by the authors.(Courtesy: James Mertens) From the Genesis story in the Old Testament to ...

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 ...

Krzysztof Bolejko receives funding from the Australian Research Council and the University of Sydney. One hundred years ago in November 1915, Albert Einstein presented to the Prussian Academy of ...

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