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There are many ways to enjoy a total solar eclipse.
science

During an Eclipse, Try These Alternative Ways to Experience the Event

From spotting mysterious shadow bands to proving Einstein right (again), there's more to eclipse viewing than just looking up.
Sam Rolfe April 1, 2024
A female astronomer peers through Yerkes Observatory's massive refractor telescope in Williams Bay, Wisconsin.
observatories

Uncovering the Forgotten Female Astronomers of Yerkes Observatory

It all started with a photo of Einstein.
April White January 9, 2024
Stephen Hawking's personal <I>The Simpsons</i> figurine.
science

For Sale: Proof That Legendary Scientists Were Real People, Too

Letters and trinkets show off the personal sides of Einstein, Hawking, and Schrödinger.
Matthew Taub July 1, 2020
Inside the house.
Leiden, Netherlands

Ehrenfesthuis (Ehrenfest House)

The house of physicists Paul Ehrenfest was also a temporary dwelling and study for his good friend Albert Einstein.
Einstein's Chair
Leiden, Netherlands

Einstein's Chair

Albert Einstein would often sit in this chair during visits to the observatory to discuss science with Willem de Sitter.
Gray and Yellowfly standing beside one of the interferometer at LIGO's 2.5-mile-long arms.
native americans

Meet the Mother-Son Duo Translating Astrophysics Into Blackfoot

Corey Gray and Sharon Yellowfly want to bring gravitational wave astronomy to speakers of the language.
Sabrina Imbler April 19, 2019
Old and new signatures.
Leiden, Netherlands

Ehrenfest's Signature Wall

For over 100 years the most important physicists in the world have autographed this university wall.
The quirky Einstein fountain.
Ulm, Germany

Einstein Fountain

Albert Einstein's head sticks out of a snail shell stacked on a rocket in this truly bizarre monument to the scientist.
The entrance on the 2nd floor.
Tokyo, Japan

Intermediatheque

An unexpected curiosity cabinet hidden within a department store in the Japan Post tower.
Einstein Equation.
Leiden, Netherlands

Leiden’s Wall Formulae

Science meets wall art to highlight the beauty of famous mathematical equations.
Arriving at Eighty Mile Beach.
science

The 1922 Eclipse Adventure That Sought to Confirm the Theory of Relativity

It took 35 tons of equipment and a lengthy voyage to remote Western Australia.
Anika Burgess August 11, 2017
Washington, D.C.

Albert Einstein Bronze Statue

The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.
space exploration

Black Holes Collided and Produced a New Set of Gravitational Waves

Further confirmation of what Einstein predicted over 100 years ago.
Erik Shilling June 16, 2016
Einstein Sink
Leiden, Netherlands

Einstein's Sink

A lecture hall sink once used by Einstein and other noted physicists is now regarded as a strange science relic.