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Almost 90 years after Einstein postulated his general theory of relativity -- our current theory of gravity -- scientists have finally finished collecting the data that will put this theory to an ...

Decades in the making, a space probe that delves into Albert Einstein's general theory of gravitation remains grounded on Earth, caught in its own space-time continuum of technical snags, costly ...

Even before von Lilienthal's sug- gestion, Etrich and Weis had patented a similar idea, but had abandoned it during construction. $ While no experiments were made, more mature consideration led to the ...

At the recent American Physical Society meeting, a Stanford University physicist provided the first public peek at data that will reveal whether Einstein's theory has been confirmed by the most ...

[Curious Marc] has an Apollo-era gyroscope but isn’t quite ready to put it through this paces without some practice. So he borrowed a 1949 vintage Sperry C5 gyro and did some experiments with it using ...