In 1905, Albert Einstein published four revolutionary papers about the world we live in. Among the ideas that would come from his work were three predictions about space and time so extraordinary that even Einstein himself refused to believe they could be true — a time when time itself could not exist, a space that could generate yet more space, and a bizarre intersection of space and time at the center of a black hole. Now, one hundred years later, not only do we have actual evidence for all three phenomena, but the study of these once-wild ideas — the Big Bang, “Dark Energy” and Black Holes — is at the cutting edge of science in the 21st century. Joining the worldwide celebration of the centennial of Einstein’s miracle year, the NASA-Smithsonian UniverseForum is creating a portfolio of highly visual, dramatic interactive learning resources especially for use by museums, science centers, planetariums and other science education organizations. This site is also sponsored by the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. This has been added to Astronomy Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog.
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