What makes something quantum? This question has kept a small but dedicated fraction of the world's population—most of them ...

The Euclid space mission of the European Space Agency has spotted an Einstein ring in the galaxy NGC 6505, just 590 million ...

A strange molecular pattern, first mistaken for an error, led researchers to an unexpected discovery: molecules forming ...

Is it possible to tile a surface with a single shape in such a way that the pattern never repeats itself? In 2022, a mathematical solution to this 'Einstein problem' was discovered for the first time.

A space telescope has made a significant discovery, uncovering its first Einstein ring, which scientists believe will help us ...

Traditional black holes, as predicted by Albert Einstein's theory of General Relativity, contain what are known as singularities, i.e. points where the laws of physics break down. Identifying how ...

Scientists described for the first time the creation of regular black holes from gravitational effects and without the need ...

A European space telescope captured a rare halo of light that circles a galaxy that is 590 million light-years away, which is ...

In 1878, Bergson left the Lycée Condorcet and won entry to the École Normale Supérieure, the most exclusive university in ...

Einstein predicted the existence of gravitationally-warped rings of light in 1915. Now, a new one has been discovered just a ...