Einstein’s theory of relativity has explained the universe for more than a century. But under certain conditions, cracks begin to appear. Physicists have identified a gap Einstein never had the tools ...

A strange "chirping" signal from a distant supernova has revealed the birth of a magnetar, confirming that these incredibly magnetic neutron stars can power the universe's brightest stellar explosions ...

Some of the hardest questions in cosmology begin where the usual math gives up. Push Einstein’s theory far enough back toward the Big Bang, and the equations run into a singularity, a point where ...

The laws of physics that concern heat and work could gain a firmer mathematical footing thanks to “gauge theory”, which ...

Life Lesson of the Day by Albert Einstein reminds people that logic helps solve known problems, while imagination creates new ...

What if Albert Einstein’s unruly early childhood had been handled with enforced conformity? The toddler with a ferocious ...

When two black holes orbit each other, they eventually spiral inward and collide in one of the most violent phenomena in the ...

Gravity, the force that attracts objects toward each other, is currently framed by Albert Einstein's theory of general ...

A powerful black hole collision has opened a new chapter in space science. Scientists used the loudest gravitational wave ...

The apple fell like it always had.” What changed the course of the world that someone finally took a moment to ask why?

Everything around us, from atoms and molecules to planets and galaxies, is governed by two extraordinarily successful ...

When two black holes orbit each other, they will eventually spiral inward and collide in one of the most violent phenomena in ...