The curious minds at Aperture show how Einstein’s theory of relativity reshaped how we think about time, space, and gravity.

The idea of a particle that races faster than light has long fascinated physicists. Known as the tachyon, it was originally ...

A rare Jupiter-sized planet AT2021uey b was found 3,200 light-years away using microlensing, a method based on Einstein's ...

The theory, which Einstein published in 1915, expanded the theory of special relativity that he had published 10 years earlier. Special relativity argued that space and time are inextricably ...

A trippy fringe theory suggests that time is the source of all physical matter, and space is merely a byproduct.

Three intertwined time directions may underpin everything, turning space into mere “paint on the canvas” and pushing physics ...

For decades, he hid his time-travel obsession. Now, he is challenging the assumptions that underpin our universe.

Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity—which explains gravity as the product of the distortion of space and time—may not be universally applicable. This is the conclusion of physicists ...

In the gloomy days of January, time seems to drag. According to the Einstein theory of relativity, it actually does—in a minute amount that means little to anyone except a scientist. During its ...

“The chief attraction of the theory lies in its logical completeness,” wrote Albert Einstein after publishing his general theory of relativity in 1915. “If a single one of the conclusions ...