Physicists in China have brought one of Einstein’s thought experiments into reality—but not quite with the outcome he hoped ...

A century after Albert Einstein sketched out his radical picture of gravity, astronomers have now watched a black hole ...

Albert Einstein arrived in New York on the SS Rotterdam IV; crowds of people awaited his arrival in the States. FPG / Archive Photos / Getty Images Thousands of New Yorkers lined the harbor as the ...

For the first time, astronomers have directly observed a spinning black hole bending space and time, as predicted in Albert ...

Quote of the day by Albert Einstein highlights the value of staying with problems longer. The quote reflects Einsteins life, education, struggles and scientific work. It explains how persistence ...

From the detonation of a hydrogen-based explosive to ending a century-old debate, here are some of the major science ...

We talked with historian of science Michael Gordin, Princeton’s dean of the college, who has taught the popular course “The Einstein Era,” about the life and times of Princeton's most famous resident, ...

A rare manuscript featuring early calculations that led to Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity sold for just over $13 million at an auction in Paris Tuesday, becoming the most expensive ...

Using the Einstein Probe (EP), astronomers have detected a new X-ray transient event, which turned out to be an X-ray flare ...

Albert Einstein's most iconic photo of him sticking out his tongue was almost lost to history. Editors hesitated to release it because they feared the expression ...

Albert Einstein knew how to work hard, and he also knew when to take time off. He once said, "I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." Einstein's curiosity drove him as a child, ...

The fifth state of matter—the ultracold Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC)—has been an invaluable tool in unlocking the secrets ...