The relativity of Einstein predicted a twisted illusion – now scientists have finally seen it

The physicists of Vienna recreated a bizarre visual illusion of the relativity of Einstein – the Terrell -Penrose effect – simulating slow light speeds with lasers and cameras. A fast moving cube seems twisted, as planned over 60 years ago. Relativity becomes bizarre at the speed of light when things really move, very quickly, near the speed of light, our everyday ideas on space […]