Albert Einstein: News

23 Oct 2024

Space News

NASA's latest telescope will unlock the mysteries of black holes

NASA has just unveiled a prototype of an innovative telescope, one that is designed specifically for a new space-based gravitational wave detection mission.

26 Jun 2024

Paul Allen

Einstein's historic letter to FDR expected to fetch $4M

A two-page letter written by Albert Einstein, warning then US President Franklin D Roosevelt about Nazi Germany's potential to develop an atomic bomb, is set for auction at Christie's in September.

20 million died accepting Darwin's theory, claims man: SC responds

The Supreme Court of India, on Friday, dismissed a petition challenging the validity of Albert Einstein and Charles Darwin's theories.

14 Nov 2022

Stephen Hawking

11-year-old boy's IQ score beats Stephen Hawking and Albert Einstein

Yusuf Shah, an 11-year-old boy from the UK, is more intelligent than Stephen Hawking and Albert Einstein.

06 Oct 2022

SpaceX

SpaceX Crew-5 carries Einstein doll to commemorate his 'happiest thought'

Astronauts aboard the SpaceX Dragon Endurance spacecraft en route to the International Space Station (ISS) are carrying a unique zero-gravity indicator.

30 Aug 2022

Space News

Gravity is not behind the accelerated expansion of universe: Study

The universe has been expanding since the Big Bang. The first eight billion years saw a relatively constant expansion rate.

26 Jul 2022

United Kingdom

UK toddler's rare condition makes her look like Albert Einstein!

A UK toddler is grabbing eyeballs for her messy blonde hair and earning comparisons to Albert Einstein and former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson!

10 Jul 2022

Space News

Traveling faster than light is possible, suggests study: Here's how

The possibility of visiting other star systems has always fascinated mankind. However, limitations of conventional spaceflight make this a distant possibility.

23 May 2021

Physics

Einstein's letter with iconic equation auctioned for $1.2 million

A letter penned by world-famous physicist Albert Einstein containing one of his most famous equations E=mc^2 sold at an auction for over $1.2 million.

28 Jan 2021

Doomsday Clock

Doomsday Clock unmoved by pandemic; reads 100 seconds to midnight

Humankind remains 100 seconds away from Armageddon. The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists has decided the Doomsday Clock reading shall not be changed this year.

22 Oct 2019

John Lennon

5 successful people who had dyslexia

Neuroscience studies confirm dyslexia is born out of neurobiological differences in the brain's wiring and structure, and carries a genetic component as well.

12 Sep 2019

India

Piyush Goyal says Einstein "discovered" gravity. Internet can't stop laughing!

Albert Einstein, the greatest physicist of all time, once said, "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."

14 Mar 2019

Salman Khan

Ten years after death, MJ is finally dead to me

Michael Jackson lived for 51 years, he worked for 46 years out of them. Creating soul-touching music, changing lives, inspiring generations. They don't make superstars like him anymore.

07 Mar 2019

John Lennon

5 successful people who had dyslexia

Recently, PM Narendra Modi, while responding to a student's question via video conference at IIT-Roorkee's Smart India Hackathon, made a remark on dyslexia.

21 Jan 2019

Japan

Masazo Nonaka, world's oldest man, dies at 113

The world's oldest man- Masazo Nonaka, died on Sunday morning at the age 113 in Hokkaido, Japan.

05 Dec 2018

Jerusalem

Einstein's letter on god and religion auctioned for nearly $3mn

A handwritten letter by revered physicist Albert Einstein grappling with the concept of god and religion has shattered expectations at a Christie's auction, selling for a whopping $2.9mn.

09 Nov 2018

Stephen Hawking

Stephen Hawking's wheelchair, thesis sold for over $1mn

On Thursday, the motorised wheelchair used by late British physicist Stephen Hawking sold for $391,740, while his thesis sold for a whopping $761,000.

17 Aug 2018

England

This three-year-old has IQ higher than Einstein!

She has an IQ more than Einstein's and thus has been inducted in the high-IQ society Mensa.

27 Jul 2018

Chile

Einstein's general theory of relativity passes the blackhole test

Despite being over a 100 years old, Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity has passed yet another test with flying colors.

19 Jun 2018

Asia

Einstein's travel diaries reveal racist and xenophobic views

Legendary physicist Albert Einstein, so far, had been known for his humanitarianism, apart from his scientific brilliance.

03 May 2018

India

IIT-KGP's new course examines ancient India's influence on modern science

Prolific scientist Albert Einstein once said that modern science owes a lot to ancient Indians.

16 Mar 2018

Delhi

Hawking said Veda's theory superior to Einstein's 'Relativity': Harsh Vardhan

Science and Technology Minister Harsh Vardhan claimed today that renowned physicist Stephen Hawking, who passed away two days ago, had said that the Vedas have a theory superior to Albert Einstein's theory of relativity.

27 Jan 2018

Stephen Hawking

This 10-year-old Indian-origin boy is intelligent than Einstein, Stephen Hawking

Mehul Garg, a 10-year-old Indian-origin boy, living in the UK has beaten geniuses like Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking by scoring 162 in the Mensa IQ (Intelligence Quotient) test.

17 Oct 2017

Space News

Proven: Gold, platinum are created by collisions of dead stars!

In a major development in astronomy, scientists have detected the warping of space caused by collision of dead stars.

03 Oct 2017

Physics

Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to three US gravitational-wave scientists

The 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to three US scientists for the discovery of gravitational waves by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm.

10 Sep 2017

Germany

The eccentricities of Einstein: Could you learn something from them?

Genius is not a result of genetics alone. What you do every day contributes significantly to your bodily development, including the brain's.

30 Jun 2017

Stephen Hawking

Indian boy Arnav Sharma beats Einstein in IQ test

An Indian origin 11-year-old boy from UK, Arnav Sharma is nothing short of a child prodigy.

18 Jun 2017

Benjamin Franklin

The eccentricities of Einstein: Could you learn something from them?

Genius is not a result of genetics alone. What you do every day contributes significantly to your bodily development, including the brain's.

15 Jun 2017

Jerusalem

Einstein's letters to be auctioned in Jerusalem

5 letters sent by Albert Einstein to his colleague, David Bohm, will be auctioned on June 20 at an auction house in Jerusalem.