Most of the exoplanets we’ve discovered have been in relatively tight orbits around their host stars, allowing us to track them as they repeatedly loop around them. But we’ve also discovered a handful ...

As Albert Einstein wrote elegantly about our experience of time and space, he also devoted his days to the process of social transformation: the question of how one world becomes another. He was ...

Levi’s Vintage Clothing released a limited-edition reproduction of Albert Einstein’s Menlo Cossack Leather Jacket It’s limited to 800 hand-numbered pieces and retains the original 1935 design Each ...

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Albert Einstein's theory of gravity, general relativity, may not be the best recipe to describe black holes. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

Dukes of Hazzard star Catherine Bach has been hospitalized in Los Angeles following surgery, prompting an outcry of concern from fans online. But according to new updates from her friends and former ...

The gravitational lensing that causes this rare phenomenon cannot be explained solely by looking at observable objects—suggesting that dark matter had a hand in its formation. According to Einstein’s ...

Whether it be through their art or mathematical formulas, the great minds of the past—like Sappho, Michelangelo, and Albert Einstein—have deeply influenced our understanding of the world around us.

On Wednesday, Rihanna and partner A$AP Rocky announced via Instagram that they’d welcomed their third child together, the couple’s first daughter. The baby’s ...

Studying black holes is immensely difficult, but with gravitational wave detection, astrophysicists do have a way to directly analyze these mysterious objects. A new study details the “clearest ...