Sentences with phrase «predictions of the general relativity theory»

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Their findings dispel the so - called firewall paradox which shocked the physics community when it was announced in 2012 since its predictions about large black holes contradicted Einstein's crowning achievement — the theory of general relativity.

Their findings dispel the so - called firewall paradox which shocked the physics community when it was announced in 2012 since its predictions about large black holes contradicted Einstein's crowning achievement - the theory of general relativity.

«a coherent group of tested general propositions, commonly regarded as correct, that can be used as principles of explanation and prediction for a class of phenomena: Einstein's theory of relativity.

These confirmed that the data matched the predictions of Einstein's general theory of relativity, made in 1915.

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.

Gravitational waves are a spectacular prediction of Albert Einstein's theory of gravity, general relativity.

The discovery immediately becomes a likely candidate for a Nobel Prize, and not just because it ties a neat bow around decades of evidence supporting a major prediction of Einstein's 1915 general theory of relativity.

A century after Albert Einstein rewrote our understanding of space and time, physicists have confirmed one of the most elusive predictions of his general theory of relativity.

«Theories of gravity that are different from general relativity often make such predictions, and we have put new restrictions on the parameters that describe these theoriesTheories of gravity that are different from general relativity often make such predictions, and we have put new restrictions on the parameters that describe these theoriestheories.»

However, Einstein's 1915 theory of general relativity predicted that such deflection could in fact occur — a prediction subsequently borne out by experiment.

This meant it just missed the 100th anniversary of Albert Einstein's publication of the theory of general relativity — whose predictions scientists hope to test with instruments like those on board.

A new study has confirmed another prediction of his theory of general relativity.

«I do not consider the main significance of the general theory of relativity to be the prediction of some tiny observable effects,» wrote Einstein in 1930.

The program, called Einstein@Home, will run on personal computers during their idle time and is part of a worldwide project that will help physicists analyze gigantic volumes of data in their test of the central predictions of Albert Einstein's General Theory of Relativity.

The $ 700 - million spacecraft is designed to test two predictions of Einsteins general theory of relativity, which he proposed in 1916.

This behavior aligns with Albert Einstein's predictions about extreme gravity near rotating black holes, published in his famous theory of general relativity.

As Joseph Dolan of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, points out, the result confirms one of the most remarkable predictions of Einstein's theory of general relativity.

Gravitational waves were first detected in September 2015, and that too was a red - letter event in physics and astronomy; it confirmed one of the main predictions of Albert Einstein's 1915 general theory of relativity and earned a Nobel prize for the scientists who discovered them.

Their detection would open a new window on the cosmos and fulfill perhaps the most spectacular prediction of Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity.

Faster - than - light neutrinos may eventually sully Einstein's legacy (see story # 1), but in the meantime another experiment has confirmed two predictions of his general theory of relativity.

By the end of the war, the theory of general relativity was complete, Einstein corrected his prediction and Arthur Eddington did the experiment in 1919 that established the theory as one of the foundations of physics.

«Fundamentally, the detection of gravitational waves was a huge deal, as it was a confirmation of a key prediction of Einstein's general theory of relativity,» Bullock said.

The most advanced clocks can help physicists to test such fundamental aspects of reality as the time variability of physical constants, to very precisely verify the predictions of the general theory of relativity, and also to search for dark matter in the Universe.

This prediction, derived from the theory of general relativity, is remarkably close to the values arrived at by different types of observations.

Physicists have for months been buzzing about the possible detection of gravitational waves — a finding that would confirm one of the key predictions of Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity.

The inaugural 1916 meeting drew Albert Einstein who had published a year earlier his general theory of relativity that included the prediction that the universe's colliding black holes and exploding stars distorted space time, something known as gravitational waves.

These three all posited as ad hoc solutions to problems posed by cosmological observations that do not fit predictions arising from the general theory of relativity.

The team will test the predictions of current theories of gravity, including Einstein's theory of General Relativity, The funding is provided in the form of a «Synergy Grant», the largest and most competitive type of grant of the ERC.

Analysis of the phenomenon found that it adhered to predictions made by Einstein when he originally formulated his General Theory of Relativity back in 1916 — at least, to within measurable precision, according to LIGO.

One of the most remarkable predictions of Einstein's theory of general relativity is that gravity bends light.

Hopefully, with that catalog of detections, we will begin to see discrepancies from the predictions of Theory of General Relativity that will lead us to an even deeper understanding of gravity, particularly at the quantum realm.

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.

Our research will test fundamental predictions of Einstein's theory of General Relativity (GR).

It will not solve the mystery of what goes on inside the black hole, but will at least verify one of the predictions enshrined in current theory: «General Relativity describes gravity as the geometry or curvature of spacetime.