Deceiving US experts; proving Einstein wrong: 10 China science breakthroughs in 2025
Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China science stories of the year. If you would like to…
Astronomers Caught a Spacetime Whirlpool Around a Black Hole as First Predicted by Einstein. “This is a Real Gift for Physicists”
An artist’s impression depicts the accretion disk surrounding a black hole, in which the inner region of the…
Scientists Finally Know the Exact Time on Mars With A Bit of Help From Einstein
Credit: ZME Science/Midjourney. On Mars, clocks run slightly faster. Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology…
Chinese physicists prove Einstein wrong and put century-old debate to an end
For the first time, scientists in China have faithfully recreated a thought experiment proposed by Albert Einstein nearly…
Chinese Nobel Prize-winning physicist Chen-ning Yang dies, aged 103
Nobel Prize-winning theoretical physicist Chen-ning Yang, died in Beijing on Saturday at the age of 103. Yang died…
From black holes to wormholes – welcome to the warped side of the Universe – The Irish Times
We live in a Universe that is, in parts, distinctly warped. It’s a feature that has intrigued Prof…
A Newly Discovered ‘Einstein’s Cross’ Reveals the Existence of a Giant Dark Matter Halo
The gravitational lensing not only splits the light source, but magnifies it, allowing a detailed view of the…
Gravitational waves help scientists measure newborn black hole’s ‘kick’
The historic finding comes about a decade after the first detection of gravitational waves performed by a famous…
A Study Appears to Stunningly Contradict Newton and Einstein’s Theory of Gravity
Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity, an immensely important update…
Albert Einstein Invented An Appliance That Took Over Kitchens Everywhere. So Where Is It Today?
Albert Einstein is a renowned physicist whose name still echoes in rooms where brilliance is discussed, his contributions…