All verified mentions of this organization in source documents.
Astrophysicists at the University of California, Berkeley and the American University of Beirut proposed that general relativity explains the dearth of close-in circumbinary exoplanets.
Farhat and Touma are investigating whether general relativity can partially explain the dearth of planets around binary pulsars, which are pairs of spinning neutron stars emitting precisely timed radio pulses.
Farhat and Touma used mathematical and computer models to show that general relativity dramatically clears out close-in circumbinary planets around inspiraling binaries.
Special relativity predicts that as a player moves faster relative to another observer, time passes more slowly for the moving player.
The AEI spectroscopy tests and inspiral analysis together indicate that GW250114 is fully consistent with a binary black hole merger in general relativity.
The clarity of GW250114 allows that single event to set some of the tightest bounds yet on potential deviations from general relativity during the inspiral.
According to the no-hair theorem of general relativity, an isolated black hole is fully described by its mass and its spin.
Alessandra Buonanno, director of the Astrophysical and Cosmological Relativity department at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (AEI), chaired the writing team for the GW250114 study.
The AEI team used accurate waveform models and advanced data analysis methods to search for deviations from Einstein’s theory of general relativity in the highly dynamical, strong-gravity regime of a black hole collision.
Accurate theoretical calculations of black hole mergers, often derived from numerical relativity simulations, are essential to interpret observed signals and design sensitive tests.
Elise Saenger employed a flexible, theory-independent AEI model to parameterize possible departures from general relativity in the gravitational-wave phase evolution during the inspiral of GW250114.
String theory and approaches to quantum gravity aim to unify quantum mechanics with Einstein’s theory of relativity.
General relativity treats time and space as a dynamical spacetime fabric that bends and warps in response to mass and energy.
Companies like Rocket Lab, Firefly Aerospace, and Relativity Space may see expanded opportunities due to changes in NASA's structure.
The gravitational lensing phenomenon was used to study the universe as predicted by general relativity.
An Isaacman-led NASA could provide more opportunities for emerging space companies like SpaceX and Relativity Space.
The Lense-Thirring effect likely drives the co-precession between the disk and the jet, as predicted by Einstein's general relativity.
The detection of Lense-Thirring precession serves as a direct test of a prediction of general relativity.
Research extends precision clock comparisons and tests of relativity to Mars, enhancing understanding of how clocks tick in different environments.
General Catalyst is a global investment firm that has also invested in Relativity Space and Varda Space Industries.