Astrophysics Breakthrough Reveals Hidden Interactions in Space
Scientists have detected a gravitational wave from a collision between a neutron star and a potential black hole in the mass gap, suggesting such cosmic…
Scientists have detected a gravitational wave from a collision between a neutron star and a potential black hole in the mass gap, suggesting such cosmic…
Tokyo Tech’s development of Kerr-enhanced optical springs significantly boosts gravitational wave detectors’ sensitivity, enabling better detection of cosmic events and advancing our understanding of the…
Lowest-ever frequency gravitational waves spotted in pulsar data. A team of physicists has developed a method to detect gravity waves with such low frequencies that…
LISA, a collaborative mission between ESA and NASA, aims to detect gravitational waves from space, offering new insights into the cosmos through advanced technology and…
ESA’s approval of the LISA mission marks a significant advancement in space science, aiming to detect gravitational waves with a trio of spacecraft. Launching in…
Simulations of binary neutron star mergers suggest that future detectors will distinguish between different models of hot nuclear matter. Researchers used supercomputer simulations to explore…
Dark matter is fundamental to our understanding of the Universe, yet its exact nature remains a mystery. Uncovering the identity of dark matter is a…
Researchers using LIGO achieved a landmark in quantum squeezing. In 2015, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, or LIGO, made history when it made the first…
When two black holes collide, the impact is so big that we can detect it all the way here on Earth. These objects are so…
Astronomers using simulated data have produced a glimpse of the sky as it would appear in gravitational waves, cosmic ripples in space-time generated by orbiting…
The MIT-led Cosmic Explorer project aims to detect gravitational waves from the earliest universe. The search for space-shaking ripples in the universe just got a…
Astrophysicists report evidence that the cosmos is filled with a background of gravitational waves likely due to mergers of supermassive black hole binaries. Researchers from…
Scientists have reported the first evidence that our Earth and the universe around us are awash in a background of spacetime undulations called gravitational waves….
In 1929, astronomers discovered that galaxies are streaming away from us and each other. They interpreted this observation that the universe is expanding. However, when…
New Caltech professor Lee McCuller is making quantum measurements even more precise. From a young age, new Assistant Professor of Physics, Lee McCuller, enjoyed the…
So far, gravitational waves have been only detected by astrophysicists from binary systems – the fusion of either two black holes, two neutron stars, or…
Gravitational waves from merging black holes could unveil the nature of dark matter, according to computer simulations presented at the 2023 National Astronomy Meeting. Using…
Radio telescope observations of Milky Way pulsars reveal spacetime distortions likely caused by enormous gravitational waves rolling through everything in existence You can’t see or…