gravitational wave astronomy

Building the Black Hole Family Tree

Many of the black holes astronomers observe are the result of mergers from less massive black holes. Using gravitational waves,…

13 hours ago

For Their Next Trick, Gravitational Wave Observatories Could Detect Collapsing Stars

The merging of black holes and neutron stars are among the most energetic events in the universe. Not only do…

4 months ago

Primordial Black Holes Can Only Explain a Fraction of Dark Matter

What is Dark Matter? That question is prominent in discussions about the nature of the Universe. There are many proposed…

7 months ago

Do Neutron Stars Have Mountains? Gravitational Wave Observatories Could Detect Them

Neutron stars are the incredibly dense remnants from massive star supernovae. Although they're pulled into dense spheres by their intense…

12 months ago

Astronomers Might Have Detected the Background Gravitational Waves of the Universe

A new data release from a gravitational wave consortium has revealed indications of the long sough-after gravitational wave background (GWB).

3 years ago