The rarely observed rings are named for mathematician and physicist Albert Einstein. His general theory of relativity predicted that light could bend and brighten around objects across the cosmos.

Galactic lenses like this one, which is the closest astronomers have ever found, were predicted by Albert Einstein in 1936 from his theory of general relativity. At the time, he thought such an ...

While testing out its dark matter detective, European Space Agency scientists saw a cosmic phenomenon named after famed physicist Albert Einstein: an Einstein ring. ESA's Euclid spacecraft launched in ...

Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity predicts that light will bend around objects in space, so that they focus the light like a giant lens. This gravitational lensing effect is bigger ...

Gravity distorted the light from this more distant galaxy, thus the name honoring Albert Einstein. The process is known as gravitational lensing. This photo provided by the European Space Agency ...

Prof Thomas Collett, from the University of Portsmouth’s Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation, said such rings can help scientists test Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Europe’s Euclid space telescope has detected a rare halo of bright light around a nearby galaxy, astronomers reported Monday. The halo, known as an Einstein ring ...

NEW YORK: Prof Albert Einstein warned a television audience here that the hydrogen bomb, if developed, would annihilate life by radioactive poisoning of the atmosphere. Prof Einstein, who was ...

They had pictures of the masked man. But they didn't know his identity, his motive or his intent. They didn't know about his cache of weapons. He had been given the nickname "Einstein" in prison ...

This one is particularly special, because it’s so close to Earth and the alignment makes it very beautiful.” Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity predicts that light will bend around objects ...