Sentences with phrase «general theory of relativity allows»

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Physics, in particular, is noted for its ability to use inductive reasoning to posit universal laws such as Einstein's General Relativity, making the claim that experiments and observations on or from earth allow us to generalise a theory into universal law, i.e. a law of physics that we believe must hold everywhere in the universe because this is a law written into the fabric of the universe.

It was not until the detection of quasars, which allow astronomers to see the light emitted by matter falling into black holes, that we had evidence that they were real objects and not just mathematical curiosities predicted by Einstein's general theory of relativity.

Virgo also allowed scientists to better test Einstein's general theory of relativity.

He says that according to the theory of general relativity, time flows like a river, and pumping 1.21 gigawatts of power into the DeLorean somehow allows you to jump streams.

Einstein's theory of general relativity allows for the existence of wormholes, sometimes called Einstein - Rosen bridges, that connect parallel universes.

Using the new clock's precision, you could in theory discern time differences at the level of a centimetre, allowing us to test general relativity well beyond what has been done so far.

For example, the NGC 1365 team, which used observations by XMM - Newton and NASA's NuStar spacecraft, found the black hole's rotation rate to be 84 percent of the maximum allowed by Einstein's theory of general relativity.

With current observations suggesting that dark energy comprises more than 70 percent of the matter - energy density of the present - day universe, astronomers say that measuring the apparent shapes and the distribution of galaxies in the Universe will constrain the nature of dark energy and allow them to examine whether the general theory of relativity is still a valid description of gravitation on scales of billions of light years.

The detection by the upgraded Laser Interferometer Gravitational - Wave Observatory (Advanced LIGO), along with two subsequent gravitational wave discoveries, confirmed a major prediction of Einstein's 1915 general theory of relativity and heralded a new era in physics, allowing scientists to study the universe in a new way by using gravity instead of light.

Differing from that of the two LIGO detectors, the Virgo detector's orientation allows testing of Einstein's general theory of relativity.