From the fall of an apple to the glow of the farthest known star, gravity quietly choreographs almost everything that happens ...

To astronomers in the 1990s, these three facts were self-evident: The universe is expanding; all the matter in the universe is gravitationally attracting all the other matter in the universe; ...

In an effort to bring together the domains of gravity and quantum theory, Albert Einstein and Nathan Rosen proposed a striking concept in a 1935 paper. In that work, they described an abstract ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. About a century ago, scientists were struggling to reconcile what seemed a contradiction in Albert Einstein’s theory of general ...

The universe rarely fails to amaze. One of its latest surprises—nicknamed the “Einstein zig-zag”—reveals a stunning arrangement of galaxies and a distant quasar. Together, they produce a gravitational ...

(THE CONVERSATION) About a century ago, scientists were struggling to reconcile what seemed a contradiction in Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity. Published in 1915, and already widely ...

Over ten years ago, the Dark Energy Survey (DES) began mapping the universe to find evidence that could help us understand the nature of the mysterious phenomenon known as dark energy. I'm one of more ...

General relativity laid the foundation for all kinds of discoveries, such as the Big Bang, the expansion of the universe and black holes. Einstein described relativity this way: "Put your hand on a ...

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This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American A few years ago, soon after moving to Los ...