Interstellar object 3I/ATLAS has seemingly confirmed Einstein's general relativity by exhibiting gravitational lensing as it neared the Sun. However, the observed light bending exceeded predictions by ...
This collage shows the eight most spectacular examples. These images were taken across deep space. Gravitational lensing was first predicted by Albert Einstein in his theory of general relativity.
Two recently observed black hole mergers, occurring just weeks apart in late 2024, have opened an extraordinary new window ...
One of the most unusual phenomena around them is that, according to Einstein’s theory of general relativity, time itself slows down ... Astronomers for the first time have captured a radio image of ...