Sentences with phrase «old general theory of relativity»
It has provided a wealth of evidence for Albert Einstein's century - old general theory of relativity, which holds that mass and energy can warp space - time, and that gravity is the result of such warping.
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In its 2 January 1920 issue, Science published a short piece by Albert Einstein describing in plain language the 5 - year - old general theory of relativity.
Not exact matches
When a «deeper» closed theory is found (as, in the case of gravitation, general relativity), the older theory is not simply discredited, but its predictions are upheld within certain parameter ranges specified by the newer theory, which adds correct predictions of its own outside those ranges.
Producing an image that puts this century - old theory of general relativity on trial won't require any conceptual breakthroughs, says Doeleman.
The observations supported a 25 - year - old conjecture that neutron star mergers produce short gamma - ray bursts, and confirmed that gravitational waves travel at the same speed of light, ruling out some speculative alternatives to Einstein's theory of gravity and general relativity.
First, it would tell us that gravitational waves, predicted by Einstein's century - old theory of general relativity, really do exist.