Albert Einstein | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/albert-einstein/RSS feed for Albert EinsteinenFri, 13 Mar 2026 16:09:36 +0000Astronomers Witnessed the Birth of a Magnetar for the First Time. It Explains the Mysterious Flickering of an Ultrabright Supernovahttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/astronomers-witnessed-the-birth-of-a-magnetar-for-the-first-time-it-explains-the-mysterious-flickering-of-an-ultra-bright-supernova-180988343/New research suggests that the highly magnetized remnants of stars are responsible for powering some of the universe’s most brilliant supernova explosionsFri, 13 Mar 2026 16:09:36 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/astronomers-witnessed-the-birth-of-a-magnetar-for-the-first-time-it-explains-the-mysterious-flickering-of-an-ultra-bright-supernova-180988343/Albert Einstein Played With These Building Blocks as a Child. Here’s How They Helped Shape His Magnificent Mindhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/albert-einstein-played-with-these-building-blocks-as-a-child-heres-how-they-helped-shape-his-magnificent-mind-180988349/The 19th-century German toy pieces, made with quartz sand, chalk and linseed oil, allowed kids to create realistic structuresFri, 13 Mar 2026 15:30:18 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/albert-einstein-played-with-these-building-blocks-as-a-child-heres-how-they-helped-shape-his-magnificent-mind-180988349/How to Keep Time on Mars: Clocks on the Red Planet Would Tick a Bit Differently Than Those on Earthhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-to-keep-time-on-mars-clocks-on-the-red-planet-would-tick-a-bit-differently-than-those-on-earth-180987874/On average, Martian time ticks roughly 477 millionths of a second faster than terrestrial clocks per Earth day. But the Red Planet’s elongated orbit causes the time difference to vary as Mars travels around the sunMon, 15 Dec 2025 17:31:54 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-to-keep-time-on-mars-clocks-on-the-red-planet-would-tick-a-bit-differently-than-those-on-earth-180987874/Could We Send a Superlight Spacecraft to a Theoretical Nearby Black Hole?https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-is-how-an-astrophysicist-thinks-we-could-send-a-superlight-spacecraft-to-a-theoretical-nearby-black-hole-180987134/An astrophysicist argues that the interstellar mission would be extremely challenging but not completely unrealisticFri, 08 Aug 2025 18:45:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-is-how-an-astrophysicist-thinks-we-could-send-a-superlight-spacecraft-to-a-theoretical-nearby-black-hole-180987134/Astronomers Discover Extremely Rare Einstein Ring in Early Euclid Telescope Data, Revealing Warped Space-Timehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/astronomers-discover-extremely-rare-einstein-ring-in-early-euclid-telescope-data-revealing-warped-space-time-180986030/Such examples of gravitational lensing can help astronomers learn more about the properties of dark matterTue, 11 Feb 2025 16:39:49 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/astronomers-discover-extremely-rare-einstein-ring-in-early-euclid-telescope-data-revealing-warped-space-time-180986030/Scientists Test How Objects Fall in Spacehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-test-how-objects-fall-in-space-180980771/In the most precise experiment to date, researchers confirm a principle of Einstein’s Theory of General RelativityMon, 19 Sep 2022 15:06:03 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-test-how-objects-fall-in-space-180980771/One Hundred Years Ago, Einstein Was Given a Hero's Welcome by America's Jewshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/one-hundred-years-ago-einstein-was-given-heros-welcome-americas-jews-180977386/The German physicist toured the nation as a fundraiser for Zionist causes, even though he was personally torn on the topic of a Jewish nationFri, 02 Apr 2021 10:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/one-hundred-years-ago-einstein-was-given-heros-welcome-americas-jews-180977386/Scientists Take Fundamental Measurements of Einsteinium for the First Time https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-take-fundamental-measurements-einsteinium-first-time-180976928/The highly radioactive element was first created in a 1952 hydrogen bomb testThu, 04 Feb 2021 19:56:55 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-take-fundamental-measurements-einsteinium-first-time-180976928/Did Einstein Understand the Limitations of Testing?https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/smithsonian-institution-office-fellowships-and-int/2020/07/28/einsteins-relatively-surprising-test-results/Smithsonian fellow Kimberly Probolus looks into the past and future of knowledge testsWed, 05 Aug 2020 15:27:52 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/smithsonian-institution-office-fellowships-and-int/2020/07/28/einsteins-relatively-surprising-test-results/Tesla's Patents, Einstein's Letters and an Enigma Machine Are Up for Auctionhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/teslas-patents-einsteins-letters-and-enigma-machine-auction-180975283/Christie's Eureka! sale features personal and academic objects owned by 20th-century scientistsFri, 10 Jul 2020 11:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/teslas-patents-einsteins-letters-and-enigma-machine-auction-180975283/