Physicists detect rare ‘second-generation’ black holes that prove Einstein right… again
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“What Is the Origin of the Waves?” Scientists Hunt the Source of Mysterious Ultra-Low Frequency Gravitational Signals
Ultra-low frequency nanohertz gravitational waves emanating from pulsars may offer clues to unveiling the fabric of the universe,…
Scientists Have A New Model For The Big Bang Theory That Changes Everything
For decades, scientists have relied on a popular idea referred to as cosmic inflation to explain how the…
Levitation Breakthrough: Scientists Create Levitating Disk That Requires No External Power
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) scientists have achieved a levitation breakthrough by creating a virtually frictionless,…
What Lies Within? New Image From a Mysterious Galaxy Asks Big Questions
A new image of galaxy OJ 287 reveals for the first time the sharply curved, ribbon-like structure of…
A wormhole from another universe? Scientists revisit the puzzling black hole GW190521
In May 2019, astronomers picked up something strange in the fabric of spacetime. The LIGO and Virgo detectors…
New Optics Tech Could Revolutionize Gravitational-Wave Astronomy
A breakthrough in laser instrumentation may transform how we study the universe’s most violent events. Credit: Shutterstock UC…
Ripples in Space-Time Confirm Century-Old Theory
When two black holes collide and merge, they release gravitational waves. These waves can be detected by sensitive…
Full Black Hole Recoil Measurement
Researchers have, for the first time, tracked the recoil of a newborn black hole, revealing new insights into…
New Physics Model Challenges the Big Bang Story We Thought We Knew
A new study challenges the widely accepted idea that the universe began with a rapid expansion known as…
Scientists Detect Strange Signal in Gravitational Waves
For the first time, astrophysicists have measured the recoil — or “kick,” in the parlance — resulting from…
Federal cuts threaten research at observatory, a decade after historic discovery
LIVINGSTON PARISH, La. (WAFB) – A decade ago, researchers at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) detected ripples…