New data further challenge the best scientific theory of the history and the structure of the universe. But a separate recent ...

New research could force a fundamental rethink of the nature of space and time.

On March 14, 1879, Albert Einstein was born in Ulm, Germany. His thinking revolutionized physics and turned the scientific ...

March 14 is often celebrated at Pi Day, but it's also the birthday of one of our greatest scientists whose work impacts us ...

Cosmic speed limits can be a major inconvenience but they've rarely stopped science fiction in its tracks.

A blackboard at a U.K. university is believed to be the only one of its kind that has both Albert Einstein's scientific notations and his signature.

The first direct visual evidence of the supermassive black hole in the centre of Messier 87 and its shadow. Event Horizon ...

The relationship between quantum mechanics and classical physics has baffled scientists for decades. In the quantum world, ...

If gravity arises from entropy, scientists could unite Einstein's general relativity with the quantum realm while shedding ...

Scientists investigate gravitational wave memory theory by Einstein, searching for traces in the cosmic microwave background.

Black hole singularities should not exist, according to theories of quantum mechanics. New tweaks to Einstein's equations of general relativity could finally do away with them, and explain what truly ...

Light was long considered to be a wave, exhibiting the phenomenon of interference in which ripples like those in water waves are generated under specific interactions. Light also bends around corners, ...