Quantum sensor neutralizes laser noise for dark matter and gravitational wave detection
Finding out what the universe is actually made of remains one of the ultimate frontiers in modern physics.…
Astronomers Unveil Record-Breaking Haul of 161 New Black Hole Collisions
A major new release of gravitational-wave detections is offering researchers an unprecedented view of some of the universe’s…
Physicists believe that warp drive could exist in the next 100 years
Warp drive has long lived in science fiction, but physicists now treat it as a real, if deeply…
Scientists May Have Found Dark Matter’s Fingerprint in a Black Hole Collision
Gravitational waves from colliding black holes may hold subtle clues about one of the universe’s greatest mysteries: dark…
Faint black hole ‘ringing’ provides a sharper test of Einstein’s gravity
When two black holes crash together, the violence does not end at impact. The newly formed black hole…
A new way to spot signs of dark matter | MIT News
Dark matter is thought to make up most of the matter in the universe, but the only way…
Scientists Just Discovered How the Universe Builds Monster Black Holes
Astronomers studying gravitational waves have uncovered evidence that the Universe’s largest black holes may grow through repeated collisions…
A big step forward for optical core of China’s Taiji gravitational wave project
In the sci-fi novel The Three-Body Problem, humans build “gravitational wave antennas” to broadcast to the cosmos. Now,…
How black holes become cosmic monsters: Scientists uncover the violent merger chain behind giant space objects |
The Universe keeps throwing up surprises, and black holes are right at the centre of it. The biggest…
Black hole GW190521 may be a wormhole from another universe
For just one-tenth of a second in May 2019, the universe delivered a signal that did not fit…
Black Holes from Before Big Bang Could Still Exist Today as ‘Cosmic Fossils’
New research by Professor Enrique Gaztañaga from the University of Portsmouth and the Institute of Space Sciences in…
“One of the Most Titanic Blasts in the Cosmos”: Gravitational Waves Support a “Forbidden Range” of Stellar Obliteration
Gravitational waves reveal an explosive “forbidden range” of stellar destruction so powerful that not even a black hole…