12 December 2016
Gravitational waves proved Einstein right, now they may help prove him wrong too
...holes are indeed ‘hairy’ and therefore Einsteins theory of general relativity might break down at the edges of these phenological events after all. According to Einstein’s general theory of relativity, stationary black holes are completely determined...
09 August 2017
Stars orbiting Sgr A* hint at relativistic effects
... clearly. It will also allow astronomers to look for deviations from general relativity that in the process, might reveal new physics. “This opens up an avenue for more theory and experiments in this sector of science,” said co-author Vladimir Karas...
01 February 2017
Researchers find substantial observational evidence for a holographic Universe
...Holography is a huge leap forward in the way we think about the structure and creation of the universe. Einstein’s theory of general relativity explains almost everything large scale in the universe very well, but starts to unravel when examining its...
September 2017
Binary stars and their extraordinary lives
... Gravitational radiation has recently been detected from merging stellar-mass black holes, validating Einstein’s theory of General Relativity, although the origin of such systems remains a matter of some debate. A binary future Binary stars are...
July 2017
Hunting for neutrinos in the ice of Antarctica
... in the medium. As light ‘slows-down’ when it is not in a vacuum this effect happens without violating the theory of General Relativity and can be interpreted as the equivalent to a supersonic boom in air. In order to detect this Cherenkov radiation...
03 April 2017
Milky Way black hole search begins
... fast jets of gas that blast out from them are formed. Other goals include testing Einstein’s theory of general relativity which predicts a roughly circular “shadow” around the black hole. Simulated images of the shadow of a black hole...
