A black hole can feel like the most distant and unreal object you could ever think about, yet the way its darkness bends light may one day speak directly to the deepest parts of physics. If you have ...

It's not a fluke: For the third time, the LIGO gravitational wave observatory has detected ripples in space-time caused when two black holes circle each other at mind-bending speeds and collide. The ...

Einstein’s equations were written for chalkboards and paper, yet they now sit at the heart of some of the most visually ...

As the Moon’s shadow creeps across the Sun on April 8, physicist Aroh Barjatya will launch a trio of 60-foot-tall rockets into the highest layer of Earth’s atmosphere. The short, sudden darkness of a ...

We got our first look at images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, which will forever change how we monitor the night sky.

Einstein's theory of general relativity has passed its most stringent test to date with flying colors, a new study reports. As good skeptics, we shouldn't immediately believe general relativity's ...