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Genius

Einstein's Love Life Gets Messy in Nat Geo's 'Genius'

By Hanneke Weitering published

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Genius

The 'Genius' of Albert Einstein on Nat Geo Channel (Photos)

By Hanneke Weitering published

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NatGeo's Genius

'Genius': Albert Einstein's Wild Side Stars in New Nat Geo Series

By Hanneke Weitering published

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Focault's Pendulum

The 5 Most Ingenious Experiments in Astronomy and Physics

By Paul Sutter published

Exoplanets
Illustration of Dark Energy and Gravity

When the Lights Went Out in the Universe

By Paul Sutter published

The Universe
Proxima B exoplanet art

Gravitational Wave, Proxima b Scientists Nab Year-End Awards

By Mike Wall published

Exoplanets
sun

Einstein's Theory Just Put the Brakes on the Sun's Spin

By Ian O'Neill published

The uppermost layer of the sun is slowing down and astronomers think Einstein's special relativity could be to blame.

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Black Hole wobble

Mystery Solved: Black Holes Twist Space-Time Like Taffy

By Jesse Emspak published

Black holes twist space like taffy and create vortices of gravitational force, a new study suggests. The discovery solves a 30-year-old mystery about black holes.

Black Holes
Scott Kelly, Mark Kelly and Sanjay Gupta

Einstein's 'Time Dilation' Spread Age Gap for Astronaut Scott Kelly & His Twin

By Mike Wall published

Former NASA astronaut Scott Kelly's historic one-year mission aboard the International Space Station made his identical twin Mark an even older brother, by about 5 milliseconds.

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Hubble image of distant galaxies

How Can the Universe Expand Faster Than the Speed of Light?

By Paul Sutter published

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