Learn how researchers used Einstein’s theory of general relativity to create the most accurate simulations to date.

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Kazuya Koyama receives funding from the Science Technology and Facilities Council. Levon Pogosian receives funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. Simon Fraser ...

Monisha Ravisetti was a science writer at CNET. She covered climate change, space rockets, mathematical puzzles, dinosaur bones, black holes, supernovas, and sometimes, the drama of philosophical ...

Albert Einstein is known for his haircut, theories of relativity and belief that “the fact that [the physical world] is comprehensible is a miracle.” What he meant was that via science, math and our ...

Monisha Ravisetti was a science writer at CNET. She covered climate change, space rockets, mathematical puzzles, dinosaur bones, black holes, supernovas, and sometimes, the drama of philosophical ...