Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity

Gravitational Waves will let us see Inside Stars as Supernovae Happen

A new study by an international team of astrophysicists has demonstrated that gravitational waves could be detected coming from exploding…

4 years ago

Cosmic Census Says There Could be 100 Million Black Holes in our Galaxy Alone

A new study by a team from UCI indicates that black hole mergers could be very common, which has implications…

4 years ago

Stars Orbiting Supermassive Black Hole Show Einstein was Right Again!

A team of European astronomers accurately measured the orbit of a star around the supermassive black hole at the center…

4 years ago

Astronomers Measure the Mass of a White Dwarf, and Prove Einstein was Right… Again

Using the Hubble Space Telescope, a team of NASA astronomers has repeated an old experiment that was used to confirm…

4 years ago

Do Gravitational Waves Permanently Alter the Nature of Spacetime?

A new study by a team of researchers from Monash University argues that gravitational waves may permanently alter the fabric…

4 years ago

ESO Survey Shows Dark Matter to be Pretty “Smooth”

A new study produced by an international team of researchers shows that Dark Matter may be more smoothly distributed than…

5 years ago

How Strong is the Force of Gravity on Earth?

Earth's familiar gravity - which is 9.8 m/s², or 1 g - is both essential to life as we it,…

5 years ago

“Spotters Guide” for Detecting Black Hole Collisions

When it comes to the many mysteries of the Universe, a special category is reserved for black holes. Since they…

7 years ago

Where Have All the Pulsars Gone? The Mystery at the Center of Our Galaxy

The galactic center is a happening place, with lots of gas, dust, stars, and surprising binary stars orbiting a supermassive black…

7 years ago

Remembering the “World War I Eclipse”

The paths of total solar eclipses care not for political borders or conflicts, often crossing over war-torn lands. Such was…

7 years ago