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Interstellar internet may be possible if we can weaponise the gravity of massive stars, say scientists
The potential to manipulate long-range signals, such as light, is enormous, as it paves the way for…
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Here's why astronauts age slower than the rest of us here on Earth
Astronauts on the International Space Station age slightly slower than the rest of us on Earth due …
Kelly Dickerson,Natalie Musum…
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Einstein's 1939 letter, warning of atomic weapons, just sold at auction for $3.9 million
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen bought a copy of Einstein's infamous 1939 letter to Roosevelt in 20…
Jenny McGrath
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Albert Einstein used to ponder these 5 mind-melting questions for fun. Can you figure them out?
Einstein's thought experiments help conceptualize complex scientific ideas for people without acade…
Ali Sundermier,Jenny McGrath
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A 'cosmic glitch' in the universe is forcing astronomers to rethink Einstein's theory of relativity
Scientists have found evidence that Einstein's general theory of relativity doesn't quite work in t…
Ellyn Lapointe
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7 times a total solar eclipse revolutionized science
A total solar eclipse made Einstein and his theory of relativity world famous. That's not the only …
Jenny McGrath
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The largest map of the cosmos hints that dark energy is changing. It could prove Einstein wrong and upend a pillar of modern physics.
Astronomers have made the largest 3-D map of our universe and it could change the way we understand…
Jessica Orwig,Morgan McFall-J…
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A rare manuscript featuring Albert Einstein's early calculations for his theory of relativity sold for $13 million
The 54-page document is one of just two papers that show Albert Einstein's early workings on his se…
Alia Shoaib
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Scientists are building tunnels under South Dakota for a $3 billion experiment that could solve some of the universe's grandest mysteries
To study tiny "ghost particles" known as neutrinos, scientists with Fermilab's DUNE project will be…
Jenny McGrath
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Einstein's last message was a dire warning against nuclear war that's still relevant today. Here's what it said.
The Russell-Einstein manifesto warned nuclear weapons could end humanity. The physicist felt remors…
Jenny McGrath
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A black hole warped space-time so much that astronomers saw flashes of light from its far side
Albert Einstein predicted that black holes warp space-time, and astronomers just saw the proof - fl…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Why NASA says the total solar eclipse on Monday will be way cooler than any before it
The total solar eclipse will be visible to millions on April 8 as its path cuts from Texas to Maine…
Jenny McGrath,Morgan McFall-J…
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A rare manuscript about eclipses just sold for $255,000 at auction. Its author was the man who discovered the most famous comet.
Edmond Halley didn't just write about comets. His manuscripts on lunar and solar eclipses sold at a…
Jenny McGrath
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An experiment that reaches across our galaxy has detected the first signs of a possible 'sea' of ripples in space-time
Supermassive black holes merging in distant galaxies could be creating a background hum of gravitat…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Einstein thought we'd never detect ripples in space-time. But 100 years later, a remarkable experiment is proving him wrong over and over.
Einstein predicted that noise and vibrations on Earth would prevent us from ever being able to dete…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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A supermassive black hole is actually losing energy instead of gobbling it all up, new research shows
Scientists have long believed that magnetic fields could suck energy out of black holes, but they d…
Sonam Sheth
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A collision in space revealed a black hole that physicists thought could never exist. The observatory that detected it cracked a 100-year-old mystery posed by Einstein.
Scientists detected ripples in space-time from the most massive, distant space collision ever found…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Black holes can produce light when they collide, new research shows — astronomers just saw the first-ever 'flare' from a spacetime-bending merger
Two black holes crashed together and merged within a disk of hot matter orbiting another larger bla…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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How atomic bombs work and why Manhattan Project scientists designed two types of bombs during WWII
Atomic bombs work via nuclear fission. When enough radioactive material undergoes fission, it trigg…
Adam Barnes
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'Oppenheimer' doesn't get Einstein's relationship with the Los Alamos director quite right. Here's what they really thought of each other.
The real Albert Einstein wouldn't have helped J. Robert Oppenheimer with top-secret calculations ab…