YOU WONT BELIEVE: Arthur eddington - You Need To See This

Andrew Crommelin and Charles Davidson took the photograph that proved Einstein right about the universe in 1919. So why does history only remember Arthur Eddington's name?

The photographer who gets the credit isn't always the one who took the decisive shot

Digital Camera World · Aug 31

The Most Extraordinary Solar Eclipse Photos Captured Over The Years That Changed History (15 Pics)

With today's solar eclipse drawing the attention of millions around the world, it's the perfect opportunity to look back at the extraordinary eclipses that changed the course of science and photography. For thousands of years, total solar eclipses inspired fear, myths, and religious interpretations. Many of the greatest breakthroughs in…

Bored Panda · Aug 12

Space science has come a long way since July 4, 1776. Here's a look back at the saga

Celebrating America's 250th birthday, Space.com looks back at what our understanding of space was like in 1776 and what major developments occurred to change our thinking.

Space · Jul 3

Why Einstein must be wrong: In search of the theory of gravity

Einstein’s theory of gravity — general relativity — has been very successful for more than a century. However, it has theoretical shortcomings. This is not surprising: the theory predicts its own failure at spacetime singularities inside black holes — and the Big Bang itself.

The Conversation · Sep 24, 2023

Best movies about famous scientists to watch while you wait for Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer is almost here, so what better time to look back at the best biopics based on history's most influential scientists?

LiveScience · Jul 20, 2023

Indian group proposes radical new way to settle universe expansion dispute

Scientists from ICTS Bangalore have proposed a new way to measure the Hubble constant, which could help resolve a crisis in cosmology about how fast the universe is accelerating, using lensed gravitational waves observed by the next generation of LIGO observatories.

The Hindu · Jul 17, 2023

Commentary: Fusion skepticism follows a century of genius, fraud and hype

This week government scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory achieved a long-sought milestone in developing clean fusion energy. For the first time, the amount of energy produced by a fusion reaction exceeded the energy required to produce it.

Tribune News Service · Dec 16, 2022

What is gravitational lensing? 107 years later, a phenomenon predicted by Einstein is still bearing fruit

A massive object can act like a massive magnifying glass under the right conditions.

Inverse · Apr 14, 2022