... scientists to detect new asteroids, exoplanets, extragalactic sources such as quasars and has even provided some tests of Einstein’s theory of general relativity. “This is really the first time that we see a detailed star formation history of the...
... and that the galaxies in it are distributed with no particular cosmological structure. This assumption is consistent with Einstein’s equations but isn't required by them. However when cosmologists study the Universe’s fundamental nature, they...
... black holes sent ripples of excitement around the globe. Not only did this scientific breakthrough prove Einstein right, again, but it kick-started a new field of astronomy and had everyone connected to the Laser Interferometer...
... detection of gravitational waves from a binary black hole merger in February 2016, not only did they prove Einstein right, they also discovered another curious quirk; the audible sound the waves made as the two...
... view. They can do this because thanks to the general theory of relativity, we know that mass bends light. Einstein showed that any massive celestial object can bend passing light rays in the same way that...
... up as the black hole launched a powerful outflow of material with velocities up to 10 000 km/s,” says Kate Alexander, NASA Einstein Fellow at Northwestern University in the US and a co-author on this latest research. “This unique ‘peek behind the...