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

Thomas Smeenk, BA, unveils a proposed conformal invariant, A = E/(hv), explored as a potential bridge between General ...

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 ...

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

Scientists detect a 20-day wobble from a star-shredding black hole, confirming spacetime twisting predicted by Einstein.

Scientists reveal why time moves faster on Mars than on Earth, and how this affects future space communication and navigation ...

For more than a century, gravity and quantum physics have stubbornly resisted a common language, one describing the smooth ...

An artist's impression depicts the accretion disc surrounding a black hole, in which the inner region of the disc wobbles. In ...

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 ...

A Star Trek–inspired idea by Miguel Alcubierre kicked off decades of theory and experiments as scientists pursue plausible ...

A remarkably clean gravitational-wave detection has confirmed long-standing predictions about black holes, including ...

In the end, the Universe becomes a place where gravity and quantum physics slowly turn all mass into faint streams of particles.