Astronomers reveal what happened less than a second after the Big Bang
Cosmologists have traced the Big Bang’s earliest moments with great care, from the explosive inflation that set spacetime…
That Black Hole Merger That ‘Shouldn’t’ Exist’? Scientists Propose a Wild Explanation
When LIGO broke news of an unintelligibly large black hole merger earlier this year, physicists were stunned but…
Astronomers solve cosmic mystery surrounding two massive black holes that shouldn’t exist
Astronomers knew something did not add up when detectors picked up a vast cosmic crash in 2023. The…
Scientists Finally Captured A Groundbreaking Image Of Two Black Holes Orbiting Each Other
Astronomers have recently achieved a landmark feat: For the first time, they have captured an image of two…
Our universe may have been born inside a black hole, study finds
The Big Bang theory has dominated our understanding of the universe’s origin for almost 100 years. It describes…
Physicists detect rare ‘second-generation’ black holes that prove Einstein right… again
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The most violent event in the universe could be visible from Earth in less than 10 years
The universe is a vast place in which many cosmic events occur regularly. And in less than ten…
Two new black hole collisions confirm Einstein’s theory with record precision
For the first time, scientists have detected two black hole mergers with spins so unusual they may reveal…
Black hole caught snacking on star far from host galaxy’s center
A supermassive black hole far from its galaxy’s center tears apart a star in the foreground of this…
6 Times Einstein Missed the Mark, but Still Changed Physics
Albert Einstein is undeniably one of the greatest names in physics. But Einstein, for all his contributions to…
Two Orbiting Black Holes Caught On Camera For The First Time In History
For decades, scientists have suspected that some quasars, which are regarded as some of the brightest objects in…
Astronomers capture first-ever image of two black holes orbiting each other
Astronomers had long suspected that certain quasars—those brilliant, otherworldly light sources fueled by supermassive black holes—could harbor two…