The accelerating expansion of the universe is usually explained by an invisible force known as dark energy. But a new study ...

The geometry of spacetime forms the very foundation of modern gravitational theory, where the elegant interplay between curvature and matter is described by Einstein’s field equations. In this ...

Physicists have long treated space and time as the stage on which quantum particles perform, not as actors in the drama ...

The lecture will be held virtually. To inscribe into the learnweb course please send an e-mail to (heitger at uni-muenster dot de) or (raimar at math dot uni-muenster dot de). General Relativity: ...

General Relativity, Einstein’s seminal theory of gravitation, remains a pillar of modern physics by describing gravity as the curvature of spacetime. Nonetheless, persistent questions—ranging from the ...

A framework that relies on college-level mathematics could describe what happens to particles in so-called spacetime rips, gravity fluctuations such as those that occur during the birth of a black ...

Shortly after Einstein proposed his general theory of relativity, a German physicist called Karl Schwarzschild found one of the first and most important solutions to Einstein’s field equations. Now ...

Astronomers have finally watched a black hole do something Albert Einstein only described on paper: twist the very fabric of ...

It stands among the most famous theories ever created, but the general theory of relativity did not spring into being with a single, astonishing paper like the special theory of relativity in 1905.

Long and winding road: The Juice space probe taking the long way to Jupiter and its moons - Copyright NASA/AFP/File NASA Long and winding road: The Juice space probe ...