Evidence That Earth Is Enveloped in Slow-Rolling Sea of Gravitational Waves
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….
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Gravitational Waves Detected Using “Cosmic Clocks” and Unseen Spatial Distortions
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…
Louder Than Expected: Gravitational Waves From Merging Supermassive Black Holes “Heard” for First Time
After 15 years of carefully observing stars called pulsars throughout our galaxy, the NANOGrav collaboration has “heard” the perpetual chorus of gravitational waves rippling through…
New Evidence of Gravitational Wave Background Permeating All of Spacetime
A multinational team of astronomers, including scientists from the University of Birmingham’s Institute for Gravity Wave Astronomy, has reported the findings of a comprehensive search…
Whispers From the Dark Side: What Gravitational Waves Can Reveal About Dark Matter
Scientists of the PRISMA+ Cluster of Excellence analyze data from the gravitational wave observatory NANOGrav. The NANOGrav Collaboration recently captured the first signs of very…
Gravitational Wave Search Finds Tantalizing New Clue: Unexplained Fluctuations in Space-Time
An international team of scientists may be close to detecting faint ripples in space-time that fill the universe. Pairs of black holes billions of times…
“Galaxy-Sized” Observatory Sees Hints of a Unique Signal From Gravitational Waves That Warp the Fabric of Space and Time Itself
Scientists have used a “galaxy-sized” space observatory to find possible hints of a unique signal from gravitational waves, or the powerful ripples that course through…
Extremely Warped Spacetime: To Find Giant Black Holes, Start With Jupiter
The revolution in our understanding of the night sky and our place in the universe began when we transitioned from using the naked eye to…
Gravitational Waves Could Soon be Detectable by Existing Radio Telescopes
A newly published study from the North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves reveals that low-frequency gravitational waves could soon be detectable by existing radio…