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Our new study, published in Nature Astronomy, has now tested Einstein’s theory on the largest of scales. We believe our approach may one day help resolve some of the biggest mysteries in cosmology, and the results hint that the theory of general relativity may need to be tweaked on this…

In a technological triumph for humankind, astronomers can now "hear" the echoes of unfathomably distant black holes

Eleven-year-old Yusuf registered 162, which is the maximum possible for under-18s and in the top percent of people of all ages, said he took the IQ test after his friends at school told him how smart he is a

Everything in the universe has gravity – and feels it too. Yet this most common of all fundamental forces is also the one that presents the biggest challenges to physicists. Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity has been remarkably successful in describing the gravity of stars and planets, but it…

The 100th anniversary of Marcel Proust’s death gives us an opportunity to remember his masterwork, In Search of Lost Time, a sort of French-style Divine Comedy first released in 1913. Much like the way Dante’s 13th-century work forms a neat summary of Medieval wisdom, In Search of Lost Time attempts…

Quantum mechanics, the theory which rules the microworld of atoms and particles, certainly has the X factor. Unlike many other areas of physics, it is bizarre and counter-intuitive, which makes it dazzling and intriguing. When the 2022 Nobel prize in physics was awarded to Alain Aspect, John Clauser and Anton…

Albania’s PM accuses Braverman of singling out Albania to ‘excuse policy failures’

He's only in primary school but already has a score similar to Einstein

An Australian has won an international science medal for ground-breaking discoveries in general relativity, cosmology and gravitational wave science.