THERE is a possible misconception in the application of the term “metaphysical” to the new principle of relativity which it is advisable to clear up. In the great era of the triumphant advance ...

This theory originated as the answer to the question: Is the special principle of relativity really contradictory to the field equations of Maxwell for empty space? The answer to this question ...

In a new study published in Physical Review D, Professor Ginestra Bianconi, Professor of Applied Mathematics at Queen Mary ...

Einstein’s central coup with general relativity was to combine that with a principle noted over three centuries earlier by Galileo: that falling objects accelerated at the same rate regardless ...

Black hole singularities should not exist, according to theories of quantum mechanics. New tweaks to Einstein's equations of ...

For decades, physicists have struggled to reconcile the principles of quantum mechanics with those of general relativity. While quantum mechanics governs the behaviour of particles at the smallest ...

Einstein predicted that massive objects bend light as it passes through their gravitational field. This week, a new telescope let us see this directly.

For decades, physicists have struggled to reconcile the laws governing the very small with those that describe the vast ...

This principle is also at the heart of Einstein's theory of general relativity. However, some hints such as the inconsistency between quantum mechanics and general relativity, or the conundrum of the ...

Since its introduction in 1915, general relativity has been remarkably successful ... curvature that are consistent with known physical principles," Hennigar said. "Different approaches to quantum ...