GENEVA, September 9, 2008 (AFP) - His theories stretched the boundaries of space and time, but Albert Einstein himself favoured that hallmark of reliable timekeeping -- a Swiss watch that will be sold at auction next month.

WASHINGTON, July 4, 2008 (AFP) - Einstein's theory of general relativity holds up, according to astrophysicists who tested it against a unique cosmological configuration of two pulsars orbiting each other.

Pulsars are small and extremely dense stellar objects left behind after massive stars explode.

LONDON, May 13, 2008 (AFP) - Albert Einstein described belief in God as 'childish superstition' and said Jews were not the chosen people, in a letter to be sold in London this week, an auctioneer said Tuesday.

PARIS, Nov 11, 2007 (AFP) - Time, as we all know, is relative: good experiences seem to fly by, whereas bad ones seem to drag on forever.

'After two hours, I looked at my watch,' a reviewer of Wagnerian opera is said to have written. 'I found that 17 minutes had gone by.'

VALENCIA, Spain, July 27, 2007 (AFP) - At first glance, the bulky white figure looks like a prancing astronaut -- until it turns round and its features reveal it to be a Korean scientist's concept of a 21st century Albert Einstein.

Then the robot 'speaks' and proves that, as Albert would himself doubtless have pointed out, matters such as gravity and resemblance are all relative.

'Hi. My name is Albert Hubo. I come from South Korea and I am very happy to be in Valencia,' says the creature, after having demonstrated some rather bizarre hip-hop moves.