It is the first Friday of the New Year, and given a lot of predictions in the general press that have been not just gloomy but downright apocalyptic, it seems like the perfect time to start off this ...

A pair of mathematicians have proposed a unified theory of dark matter and dark energy that alters Einstein's equations describing the fundamentals of gravity. They suggest the law of energy and ...

The cosmological constant has plagued physicists for more than a century. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. There is a fundamental ...

Albert Einstein's (1879 to 1955) contribution to 20th-century physics cannot be understated. His general theory of relativity, or general relativity, is still our best understanding of the force of ...

A new solution to Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity suggests hypothetical gravitational stars that look like black holes could be nested within one another. When you purchase through ...