Astronomers have identified a potential ultra-fast pulsar spinning every 8.19 milliseconds close to Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way. If confirmed, this ...

A record-breaking gravitational wave signal let scientists "listen" to a distant black hole merger and put Einstein's gravity to its toughest test yet.

General relativity helps explain the lack of planets around tight binary stars by driving orbital resonances that eject or destroy close-in worlds. This process naturally creates a “desert” of ...

It was co-written with his lifelong friend, the Swiss engineer Michele Besso. LONDON -- A rare manuscript by Albert Einstein that changed the course of modern science was just sold for over 13.3 ...

While Einstein’s theories and work continue to shape reality as we know it, one anonymous enthusiast was recently able to walk away with a bit of the famous physicist in the form of pages of notes ...

A handwritten copy of Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity notes was sold for millions at Christie’s auction house in Paris, France, on Tuesday. The 54-page document by Einstein and his friend ...