A study published in Physical Review Letters outlines a new approach for extracting information from binary systems by ...

On Monday, the European Space Agency (ESA) launched the ACES set of atomic clocks to measure the effect of gravity on the passage of time.

It is called a black hole, because it acts like an ideal black body, as it reflects no light. According to the theory of ...

The European Space Agency has launched two atomic clocks on a SpaceX rocket to the ISS to test Einstein's theory of ...

For the first time, scientists have managed to spot a lonely black hole drifting through space thanks to its gravity ...

ACES will gather ultra-precise data across at least ten observation windows, each lasting about 25 days during the ...

Testing Einstein’s relativity, measuring fundamental constants, and even searching for dark matter are all on the cards ...

A network of Earth's best clocks will be synchronised with the most accurate one ever sent into space. But the device has a ...

General relativity is an astonishingly beautiful theory, and grappling with why it disagrees with quantum mechanics is a joy, ...

Researchers say they may have achieved Einstein's vision of a "unified field theory" that can unite two of nature's ...

Offers new possibilities to control light across the spectrum and insight into light–matter interactions. The device, reported in Advanced Photonics, functions as an optical black hole or optical ...

In the realm of general relativity, black holes are well-known for their ability to trap light and matter by bending ...