Galaxies, planets, black holes: to most people, everything about our Universe sounds and feels enormous. But while it's true ...

A strange molecular pattern, first mistaken for an error, led researchers to an unexpected discovery: molecules forming ...

The Einstein ring, formed as light from a distant galaxy bends to glow around another object in the foreground, could help ...

"They're so rare, and they're incredibly useful scientifically," said Conor O'Riordan of the Max Planck Institute for ...

Is it possible to tile a surface with a single shape in such a way that the pattern never repeats itself? In 2022, a mathematical solution to this 'Einstein problem' was discovered for the first time.

Traditional black holes, as predicted by Albert Einstein's theory of General Relativity, contain what are known as singularities, i.e. points where the laws of physics break down. Identifying how ...

Einstein predicted that massive objects bend light as it passes through their gravitational field. This week, a new telescope ...

The rarely observed rings are named for mathematician and physicist Albert Einstein. His general theory of relativity predicted that light could bend and brighten around objects across the cosmos.