Astronomers Find Mystery Object in Mass Gap – “We’ve Been Waiting Decades to Solve This Mystery!”
When the most massive stars die, they collapse under their own gravity and leave behind black holes; when stars that are a bit less massive…
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Mystery Astronomical Object in ‘Mass Gap’ Discovered by LIGO-Virgo Gravitational-Wave Observatory
Object lies between heaviest known neutron star and lightest known black hole. An international research collaboration, including Northwestern University astronomers, has detected a mystery object…
Astronomers Stunned by Black Hole With a Puzzling Companion: “An Unexpected and Really Exciting Discovery!”
LIGO and Virgo Find Another Surprising Binary System The harvest of exceptional gravitational-wave events from LIGO’s and Virgo’s third observing run (O3) grows. A new…
Lost 8 Billion Light Years of Universe Evolution Revealed by Gravitational Waves
Every year, 2 million black hole mergers are missed — Australian scientists work out how to detect them, revealing a lost 8 billion light-years of…
New Possible Explanation of Strange Black Hole Merger Revealed
Scientists from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGrav) reveal an alternative explanation of the recently announce black hole merger. The paper…
Precision Deformable Mirrors to Detect New Sources of Gravitational Waves From Deep Space
Improved deformable precision mirrors could improve sensitivity of gravitational wave detectors to help scientists detect new sources of gravitational waves from deep in space. Researchers…
Future Gravitational Wave Detectors to Detect Millions of Black Holes & the Evolution of the Universe
Gravitational-wave astronomy provides a unique new way to study the expansion history of the Universe. On August 17, 2017, the LIGO and Virgo collaborations first…
Radio and Gravitational Wave Signatures of Double Neutron Stars – Accurate Clocks to Test Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity
On the 17th of August 2017, the world of astronomy bore witness to an unprecedented event: the LIGO/Virgo collaboration recorded the vibrations of a merging…
Dance of Destruction: New Insights Into Eccentric Binary Black Holes
Scientists from the ARC Centre of Excellence in Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGrav) reveal the eccentricity of binary black holes: the shape of the orbit formed…
Violent Neutron Star Collision Sends Gravitational Waves Shuddering Through the Fabric of Space and Time
A new collaborative study with the ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGrav) reveals a possible collision of two neutron stars earlier in…
Leveraging Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity, Astrophysicists Calculate How Many Stars Will Eventually Collide as Black Holes
Since the breakthrough in gravitational wave astronomy back in 2015, scientists have been able to detect more than a dozen pairs of closely located black…
Gravitational Waves Surge Through the Fabric of Space and Time After Neutron Stars Violently Collide
On April 25, 2019, the LIGO Livingston Observatory picked up what appeared to be gravitational ripples from a collision of two neutron stars. LIGO Livingston…
New LIGO Technology “Squeezes” Out Quantum Noise for Improved Gravitational Wave Detection
New instrument extends LIGO’s reach: Technology “squeezes” out quantum noise so more gravitational wave signals can be detected. Just a year ago, the National Science…
Using Gravitational Wave Astronomy to Observe a ‘Black Hole Symphony’ [Video]
Shrouded in mystery since their discovery, the phenomenon of black holes continues to be one of the most mind-boggling enigmas in our universe. In recent…
Gravitational Wave Detector Breakthrough Dampens Quantum Noise for Precise Measurements
Squeeze leads to stellar-mass black hole collision precision. Scientists at The Australian National University (ANU) have found a way to better detect all collisions of…
Cosmic Mystery Propels Scientists to Discover a New Class of Black Holes Thought Impossible
Potential new class of black holes that are smaller than researchers believed possible. Black holes are an important part of how astrophysicists make sense of…
Are Black Holes Made of Dark Energy? Error Made When Applying Einstein’s Equations to Model Growth of the Universe?
Two University of Hawaii at Manoa researchers have identified and corrected a subtle error that was made when applying Einstein’s equations to model the growth…
Powerful Pulsating Gamma Rays Emitted From Neutron Star Rotating an Incredible 707 Times a Second
Second fastest spinning radio pulsar known is a gamma-ray pulsar, too. Multi-messenger observations look closely at the system and raise new questions. An international research…
