The Terrell-Penrose effect, predicted in 1959, suggests that objects moving at speeds close to that of light appear rotated. This optical illusion results from the combination of relativistic length ...

(Nanowerk News) Albert Einstein, one of the most celebrated modern scientists, proposed the revolutionary theory of special relativity over a century ago. This theory forms the basis of most of what ...

In the beginning of the year 1905, Albert Einstein was an unknown 25-year-old clerk in the Swiss patent office. By the end of the year, he had published four papers of extraordinary importance. His ...

When an object moves extremely fast – close to the speed of light – certain basic assumptions that we take for granted no longer apply. This is the central consequence of Albert Einstein's special ...

Bell Inequalities, Relativity, and the Qubit, by William Stuckey, Michael Silberstein and Timothy McDevitt, Oxford University ...

“Electric fields were a crucial element in the formation of the theory of relativity in the first place.” This research, with observations matching closely to Einstein’s predictions of special ...

A rare autographed manuscript by physicist Albert Einstein explaining the development of his famous contributions to science — theories of special relativity (1905) and general relativity (1915) — is ...

Researchers at Osaka University demonstrate the relativistic contraction of an electric field produced by fast-moving charged particles, as predicted by Einstein’s theory, which can help improve ...