Gravitational Waves

LIGO and Virgo Observatories Detect Black Holes Colliding

The Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo detectors recently made the first simultaneous detection of gravitational waves, ushering in a new…

7 years ago

Cosmic Census Says There Could be 100 Million Black Holes in our Galaxy Alone

A new study by a team from UCI indicates that black hole mergers could be very common, which has implications…

7 years ago

Third Gravitational Wave Event Detected

LIGO has detected a third instance of gravitational waves. Like the previous two, this one was caused by merging black…

8 years ago

Do Gravitational Waves Permanently Alter the Nature of Spacetime?

A new study by a team of researchers from Monash University argues that gravitational waves may permanently alter the fabric…

8 years ago

Towards A New Understanding Of Dark Matter

Could Primordial Black Holes be what the Universe's dark matter is made of?

8 years ago

Second Gravitational Wave Source Found By LIGO

With the announcement of the second detection of elusive gravitational waves, scientists hope this is just the beginning of a…

9 years ago