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Star Trek's Science Advisor On How Starfleet Quietly Fixed Relativity
Could warp drive actually work? According to Dr. Erin Macdonald, Star Trek's science advisor, the answer is yes. But a recent moment in 'Discovery' Season 5 finally fixed an old Star Trek problem.
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Alignment of galaxies millions of light years away supports general relativity
Scientists from research institutions including Kyoto University have confirmed that the intrinsic alignments of galaxies have characteristics that allow it to be a powerful probe of dark matter and dark energy on a cosmological scale.
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The General Relativity Rabbit Hole: Unraveling Space, Time and the Fourth Dimension - CNET
Parsing Albert Einstein's theory of our universe -- an idea that's utterly mind-bending, yet seemingly shatterproof.
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How to understand Einstein's equation for general relativity - Big Think
Mathematically, it is a monster, but we can understand it in plain English.
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Einstein proved right by flying clocks around the world - Big Think
Time isn't the same for everyone, even on Earth. Flying around the world gave Einstein the ultimate test. No one is immune from relativity.
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A 107-year-old Einstein theory on the origin of the universe may be right
As the instruments used for GW astronomy become more sophisticated, the ability to detect more events (and learn more from them) will only increase.
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Einstein’s General Relativity passes the test at the centre of our Galaxy
Measurements of a star close to the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way confirms the predictions General Relativity
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Milky Way's Black Hole Provides Long-Sought Test of Einstein's General Relativity - Scientific American
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Does Dark Energy Exist? Einstein's General Relativity Could Rid Us of the Need for Universe's Most Mysterious Force
A renewed suggestion that dark energy may not be real—dispensing with 70 percent of the stuff in the universe—has reignited a longstanding debate. Dark energy and dark matter are theoretical inventions that explain observations we cannot otherwise und
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New theory explains gravity better than Einstein's relativity
Dark matter and dark energy aren't needed to explain large-scale gravitational movements under the new theory.
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A five-dimensional black hole could 'break' general relativity
Five-dimensional black holes would contain gravity so intense, the laws of physics as we know them would fall apart.
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6 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Gravitational Waves | WIRED
There are so many cool aspects of LIGO's detection of gravitational waves. Here are six ideas for you to consider.
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Einstein was right: Scientists detect gravitational waves
Albert Einstein’s Theory of Relativity passes a big test: Scientists have direct evidence of gravitational waves, ripples in the fabric of space and time.
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Wayward satellites repurposed to test general relativity : Nature News & Comment
Scientists will use wonky orbit to test Einstein’s theories.
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Einstein Is Right About General Relativity — Again
Using planetary orbits, physicists have confirmed with amazing precision Einstein's theory of general relativity.
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How Quantum Randomness Saves Relativity
Albert Einstein is famous for two things in physics: the theory of relativity, and hating the randomness of quantum physics. Which makes it delightfully ironic that the latter is needed to preserve the former.
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Relativity’s time dilation may limit the quantum world | Ars Technica
Theoretical calculations suggest time dilation may cause systems to decohere.
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Do We Need to Rewrite General Relativity? - The Nature of Reality
General relativity, the theory of gravity Albert Einstein published 100 years ago, is one of the most successful theories we have. It has passed every experimental... Read Full Post
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Einstein's Theory of General Relativity: A Simplified Explanation
Albert Einstein determined that massive objects cause a distortion in space-time, which is felt as gravity.
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We now have the technology to really test Einstein's theory of relativity
A century after Einstein presented his theory of relativity, scientists have the technology to begin looking for evidence that could reveal physics beyond it.
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Einstein's "Time Dilation" Prediction Verified - Scientific American
Physicists have verified a key prediction of Albert Einstein’s special theory of relativity with unprecedented accuracy. Experiments at a particle accelerator in Germany confirm that time moves slower for a moving clock than for a stationary one.
