HAPPENED TODAY – Einstein publishes (Special) Relativity in 1905
On November 21, 1905, just 25 years old, Einstein published one of the most revolutionary scientific theories in history, teaching the world the secret link between space and time
HAPPENS TODAY – 80 years ago the atomic bomb project started
Manhattan Project, this was the name given to the operation which began with a letter sent by Albert Einstein to American President Roosevelt in 1939: six years later the program culminated in the tragic bombings in Japan.
HAPPENED TODAY – Gravitational waves: the historic experiment that proved Einstein right
On September 14, 2015, the spacetime ripples predicted by Einstein's general relativity, the theory that revolutionized the way we look at the cosmos, were detected for the first time
The Universe after Einstein: Fabiola Gianotti at MAXXI
The Italian scientist, director general of CERN in Geneva, will be on Thursday 8 February at the Museum of XXI Century Arts for a conference that opens a cycle of meetings on physics, philosophy and art. Admission is free while stocks last…
Nobel physics 2017 to gravitational waves
The 2017 Nobel Prize for Physics went to the three scientists - one German and two Americans - who demonstrated the discovery of gravitational waves. Also mentioned were the Ligo and Vigo projects in which 1.550 physicists from all over the…
Gravitational waves, Einstein was right
Confirmed the most important scientific discovery of the century. Thanks to the LIGO instrument, scientists were able to observe and prove the existence of gravitational waves.