Record gravitational wave puts Einstein’s relativity to its toughest test yet – and proves him right again

Record gravitational wave puts Einstein’s relativity to its toughest test yet – and proves him right again

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndicate partners may earn a commission. An animation of two black holes merging into one. In a new study, scientists used the clearest gravitational wave signal ever detected to “listen” to a distant black hole merger and put Einstein’s gravity to its toughest test … Read more

Scientists may have finally seen dark matter

Scientists may have finally seen dark matter

The universe has no shortage of mysteries, many of which have puzzled us for centuries. One of the biggest is the existence of something called dark matter. First theorized in 1933 by Fritz Zwicky, dark matter is a theoretical type of matter that cannot be seen because it does not interact with light or any … Read more