Famed physicist Albert Einstein at the blackboard. Albert Einstein's theory of special relativity revolutionized science and, once proven observationally, brought the physicist international fame.

Einstein’s equations were written for chalkboards and paper, yet they now sit at the heart of some of the most visually spectacular simulations ever run on a supercomputer. By folding general ...

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Learn how researchers used Einstein’s theory of general relativity to create the most accurate simulations to date.

Albert Einstein’s legendary reputation as history’s greatest theoretical physicist, which National Geographic seeks to mine for humanity in Genius, is due in large part to his theory of relativity — ...

PARIS, France — Albert Einstein’s handwritten notes for the theory of relativity fetched a record 11.6 million euros ($13 million) at an auction in Paris on Tuesday. The manuscript had been valued at ...

The supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way is the most extreme astrophysical object located within a million light-years of Earth. With an estimated four million solar masses, it's the ...

Like Max Planck, Albert Einstein first studied mathematics because he was told that everything interesting in physics had already been discovered. But in 1905, Einstein, a young cleark at the Swiss ...

‘Most valuable ever’ Einstein notes on relativity to be auctioned Christie’s expects handwritten manuscript of theory’s early version to fetch up to $4 million when it goes up for sale in November; ...

Score one more for Einstein. A new study has confirmed histheory of general relativity works on extremely large scales. The study was one of the first rigorous tests of this theoryof gravity beyond ...

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