This Wandering Black Hole Has Left Its Galactic Center
Our knowledge of black holes is incomplete. We know there are stellar mass black holes that are created…
Astronomers confirm wandering black hole in nearby dwarf galaxy
Artistic illustration (Image generated by ChatGPT). Credit: Chinese Academy of Sciences Traditionally, black holes are usually thought to…
Simulations solve centuries-old cosmic mystery—and discover new class of ancient star systems
A globular cluster (white concentration of stars) naturally emerges in the high resolution EDGE simulations. These simulations also…
Probing non-equilibrium topological order on a quantum processor
Floquet Kitaev model The Floquet Kitaev model is well understood because of a Majorana representation of the spins,…
In Quantum Sensing, What Beats Beating Noise? Meeting Noise Halfway.
Credit: metamorworks/Shutterstock Noise is annoying, whether you’re trying to sleep or exploit the laws of quantum physics. Although…
The discovery of a gravitational wave 10 years ago shook astrophysics – these ripples in spacetime continue to reveal dark objects in the cosmos
Scientists first detected ripples in space known as gravitational waves from the merger of two black holes in…
Stephen Hawking’s long-contested black hole theory confirmed by LIGO — as scientists ‘hear’ 2 event horizons merge into one
Scientists have used a gravitational wave detector to “hear” two black holes getting bigger as they merged into…
An exploding black hole could reveal the foundations of the universe
This artist’s concept takes a fanciful approach to imagining small primordial black holes. In reality, such tiny black…
The Loudest-Ever Gravitational Wave Collision Proves Stephen Hawking Was Correct
The LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA collaboration has decided to mark the 10th anniversary of the discovery of gravitational waves with a…
Extreme Negative Polarization of 3I/ATLAS | by Avi Loeb | Sep, 2025
Press enter or click to view image in full sizePolarization versus phase angle of 3I/ATLAS compared to other…
Dark Matter “Wind” May Finally Be Detectable With New Superconducting Tech
Using the improved superconducting nanowire single-photon detector (SNSPD), researchers are searching for very light dark matter. Credit: UZH…
What is a quantum computer’s speed limit? Entanglement can provide an answer
Example of an edge case in the three-partite system ˜AAB. As two eigenvalues avoid a level crossing, they…