A new physics paper proposes modifications to Einstein’s theory of relativity that could solve one of the biggest issues ...

Three physicists have proposed a modification to Einstein’s general relativity that, if confirmed, could eliminate the ...

Researchers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology have measured “dark points” inside light waves that appear to ...

One of the greatest mysteries of modern physics, the "black hole information paradox," might have finally found an elegant ...

General relativity stands as one of the bedrock theories in modern physics. Its strange view of relative time and space has been confirmed by countless experimental and observational tests, from ...

The Big Bang refers to that gigantic explosion responsible for setting up the universe to grow into the world we observe ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An artist's rending of the moment before falling into a black hole. You can see a starry galaxy and strips of bright light bending ...

One of the most basic assumptions of fundamental physics is that the different properties of mass -- weight, inertia and gravitation -- always remain the same in relation to each other. Although all ...

Planets that orbit white dwarf stars should be too hot to host alien life, theories suggest. But a new study accounting for Einstein's general relativity may rewrite that rule. When you purchase ...

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 ...

Einstein was right: artist's impression of a neutron-star merger. (Courtesy: NASA) Multimessenger observations of neutron stars have been used by astrophysicists in the US to put Einstein’s general ...