After 10 years of black hole science, Stephen Hawking proven right : NPR
When two black holes merge, they release gravitational waves. These waves can be picked up by detectors on…
Hawking’s Bold Theory Confirmed by Loudest-Ever Black Hole Collision : ScienceAlert
Ten years ago, scientists heard the universe rumble for the first time. That first discovery of gravitational waves…
Physicists Introduce Concept of Neutrino Laser
Super-cooling radioactive atoms could produce a laser-like neutrino beam, according to a duo of physicists from MIT and…
“Dark Matter Halos”: Harvard Researchers Propose New Explanation for Ghostly “Little Red Dots” in Deep Space
Harvard astronomers are proposing a new theory that the mysterious “little red dots” first spied by the James…
The physics of speed and size
Droplet Bouncing. Credit: Anton Souslov When a droplet of liquid the size of a grain of icing sugar…
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…