Sentences with phrase «consequences of general relativity»

Famous for swallowing anything they encounter and allowing nothing to escape, black holes are probably the most bizarre astrophysical consequences of general relativity.

Steve: It's just fun reading, but all the things discussed in the article are real and necessary consequences of general relativity?

Scientific American Editor in Chief Mariette DiChristina and staff editor Kate Wong talk about the contents of the August issue, including articles on some of the odd consequences of general relativity, life as a Neanderthal, and the latest research on celiac disease.

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One of the most important scientific consequences of detecting a black - hole merger would be confirmation that black holes really do exist — at least as the perfectly round objects made of pure, empty, warped space - time that are predicted by general relativity.

First predicted by Einstein more than a century ago as a consequence of his theory of general relativity, gravitational waves were long thought to be beyond observational reach — if not entirely nonexistent.

Gravitational waves — ripples in the fabric of space and time produced by dramatic events in the universe, such as merging black holes, and predicted as a consequence of Albert Einstein's 1915 general theory of relativity — carry information about their origins and about the nature of gravity that can not otherwise be obtained.