What is quantum entanglement? | Science News

Quantum entanglement is really weird — there’s nothing like it in our everyday experience. Particles maintain a mysterious link that persists even if the particles are separated by light-years. Einstein was famously not a fan of entanglement. Yet physicists are beginning to suspect that entanglement plays a central role in shaping the fabric of space and time that Einstein introduced in his general theory of relativity a century ago.

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