266 Results From ""theory of general relativity""

Scientists have witnessed evidence of a collision between black holes so huge that it defies their understanding of physics.
Off-World

Scientists Detect Sign of Something Impossible Out in Deep Space

Researchers have discovered what a "cosmic glitch" in gravity, which could potentially help explain the universe's strange behavior.
Off-World

Physicists Say They May Have Found a Powerful Glitch in the Universe

If there's a fifth force of physics to round out the Standard Model, asteroids may be our best bet of discovering its underlying particle.
Off-World

Mysterious “Fifth Force” of Physics Could Be Influencing Asteroids Near Earth

If true, this could resolve the information paradox posed by the existence of black holes, as first pointed out by Stephen Hawking.
Black Holes

Black Holes May Actually Be “Frozen Stars,” Scientists Claim

Astronomers have observed an object that's far heavier than any known neutron star, but too light to be classified as a black hole.
Off-World

Astronomers Puzzled by Inexplicable Deep Space Object

Antimatter particles may be a lot more predictable than science fiction makes it out to be, responding to gravity just like regular matter.
Science & Energy

Scientists Disappointed to Find That Antimatter Falls When You Drop It

By observing quasars from 12 billion years ago, astronomers have seen the universe flow in slow-mo, thanks to wonky time dilation.
Off-World

Astronomers Observe Mind-Blowing Time Dilation in the Ancient Years of the Universe

A pair of professors from North Carolina State University are proposing an entirely new model of physics that could rewrite the way we think about matter.
Science & Energy

New Theory Throws Out Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity

Let it be known that among all the different fields of science, it was astronomers who managed to turn a record-breaking telescope into a ska joke.
Science & Energy

Brilliant Scientists Decide to Name the World’s Largest Telescope “SKA”

A new theoretical proposal suggests scrapping nearly everything we think we know about gravity in order to understand the universe.
Physics

Physicists Say We Were Completely Wrong About How Gravity Works

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

Time Is Three-Dimensional and Space Is Just a Side Effect, Scientist Says

Scientists from the Event Horizon Telescope initiative have shown off the first image of the supermassive black hole lurking at the center of our galaxy.
Science & Energy

Scientists Release Image of Black Hole at Center of Our Galaxy

A researcher went back over 100 years of brain science that lead him to a radical conclusion about consciousness.
Neuroscience and Brain

Neuroscientist Says We’re All Wrong About Root of Consciousness in Our Brains

It's difficult to make sense of the situation surrounding late sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein, president Donald Trump, and Elon Musk.
Elon Musk

The Situation With Jeffrey Epstein, Donald Trump and Elon Musk Is Absolutely Bizarre

A new study suggests that advanced AI models are pretty good at playing dumb — which might have massive implications as they get smarter.
Artificial Intelligence

AI Can Pretend To Be Stupider Than It Really Is, Scientists Find

Meta's confusing new hate speech rules now explicitly allow users to make shockingly misogynistic claims on Facebook and Instagram.
Future Society

Facebook Now Allows Calling Women Personal Property

Conspiracy theorists are, by and large, loners — but a new study shows that there may be an inverse effect going on there, too.
Studies

Study: Mid-Life Conspiracy Theorists Are Indeed Lonely Weirdos

A MAGA botnet of hundreds of accounts on X is confused by the Trump administration's response to the Jeffrey Epstein crisis.
Artificial Intelligence

AI Powering MAGA Botnet Confused by Trump’s Connections to Epstein, Starts Contradicting Itself

Wired revealed that "raw" footage pertaining to the death of Jeffrey Epstein, released by the FBI, is missing three minutes.
Future Society

Metadata Shows That Critical Minutes Were Deleted From the Epstein Video

AI "godfather" Geoffrey Hinton wants to give AI a "maternal instinct" so it doesn't kill us. One problem: does the "maternal instinct" exist?
Artificial Intelligence

The “Godfather of AI” Has a Bizarre Plan to Save Humanity From Evil AI