We often marvel at the genius of Albert Einstein, a physicist who revolutionized our understanding of the universe. Yet, even ...

Andrew Robinson reviews Einstein: the Man and His Mind by Gary S Berger and Michael DiRuggiero Published to mark the Nobel prize’s centenary, the book is a lavishly produced and highly appealing ...

Albert Einstein’s work so revolutionized physics that it is difficult to discuss him without slipping into hagiography. Indeed, his brilliance is so storied that his surname has become synonymous with ...

November 1919: Members of the Royal Society and the Royal Astronomical Society convened in London to discuss the results of observations of a recent solar eclipse. They were searching for something ...

I have been popularizing quantum physics, my area of research, for many years now. The general public finds the topic fascinating and covers of books and magazines often draw on its mystery. A number ...

A stronomers have seen something they did not expect: an Einstein Cross with not just the standard four images, there was an extra one. This unprecedented present might allow astronomers to better ...

PITTSBURGH—During his 60 years in general relativity, the field of physics established by Albert Einstein, University of Pittsburgh Professor Emeritus of physics and astronomy Ezra T. Newman not only ...

Albert Einstein did not normally keep a diary, but he often wrote in travel notebooks. From 1921 to 1933 his itinerary included trips to New York, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malacca, Penong, Palestine, Rio ...

A strange “Einstein Cross” with an extra, impossible fifth image has revealed the hidden presence of a massive dark matter ...