Astrophysicists at the University of Chicago have developed physics-based models suggesting that dark energy could be changing over time. Dark energy, the mysterious force causing the universe to ...

Albert Einstein, everyone’s favorite wild-haired genius with a mischievous grin, is more than just a pop culture icon whose legend lives on today. He’s arguably the most influential scientist of the ...

New strategies may soon allow scientists to test dark energy theories within our own solar system, linking cosmic-scale physics to local observation. Science advances through a cycle of proposing ...

For over a century, astronomers have searched the skies for a perfect example of a phenomenon predicted by Albert Einstein: a luminous halo formed by the bending of light around a massive object. Now, ...

Nearly 80 years ago, a New London high school senior wrote Albert Einstein a question about the famous scientist's special theory of relativity — and got a brief answer. The result is one of the few ...

Einstein’s quiet ritual of drifting between wakefulness and sleep revealed a hidden truth about learning: creativity thrives in the in-between. Neuros ...

I recently read excerpts from a 1936 address by Albert Einstein to the State University of New York at Albany. He spoke at the celebration of the tercentenary of higher education in America. His words ...