Mathematicians are challenging the idea that dark energy is responsible for the accelerating expansion of the universe. In a ...

New impressions A visualization of a curved space–time “sea” from the general-relativity simulations carried out by the authors.(Courtesy: James Mertens) From the Genesis story in the Old Testament to ...

Several physicists have proposed theories that try to unite quantum mechanics with Einstein’s general theory of relativity. But a new study goes one step ahead; it not only links the two theories but ...

A newly developed solution to the equations at the heart of Albert Einstein's most revolutionary theory suggests hypothetical stars called "nestars" could be made from stacked gravitational stars, or ...

For hundreds of years, there was an immutable law of physics that was never challenged: that in any reaction occurring in the Universe, mass was conserved. That no matter what you put in, what reacted ...

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.

The Supreme Court of India dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the Darwin theory of evolution and Einstein's equation of relativity. The court stated that if the petitioner ...

Math is the engine of the universe, driving and dictating all actions, interactions, transformations, and appearances, including yours. Equation-based laws underlie physical systems, and the physical ...