22 June 2018
Most precise test of Einstein’s general relativity outside Milky Way
...light can be bent into a ring – aptly called an Einstein ring – which allows astronomers to measure how light, and...-G004. The bending of light by a gravitational body was anticipated by Einstein in 1912, and the degree to which the light is bent is ...
17 December 2018
Innovative mission to view the surface of exoplanets using small sats
... something the size of New York City on an exoplanet 100 light years away. How will it do this? According to Einstein’s theory of relativity, light traveling through space will bend if it passes near sufficiently massive objects; an effect known...
30 July 2018
Test of Einstein’s general relativity theory successful after 26 years
... Telescope in Chile has revealed the effects predicted by Einstein’s general relativity theory on a star passing near the...the Milky Way galaxy, creates the ideal environment for testing Einstein's general theory of relativity. One of these stars, ...
07 December 2018
Misplaced satellites provide highest accuracy yet of Einstein's theory
...ever made of gravitational redshift; a key element of Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity, that describes how time passes more ... future.” When the satellites are not helping to prove that Einstein was right once again, they are used as part of...
12 December 2016
Gravitational waves proved Einstein right, now they may help prove him wrong too
... with a number of eminent physicists at the time. Einstein’s classical theory however does not take into account any ...upgrade or construction, this will help prove, or disprove Einsteins predictions of black holes. For further information on this ...
18 November 2015
Einstein's theory to be tested by Galileo satellites
... day on a navigation satellite. Galileo satellites will effectively provide the first opportunity since 1976 to further confirm Einstein's theory and provide the most precise calculations. They will also enable researchers to test several alternative...
