Gravitational Waves
LIGO Scientists who Detected Gravitational Waves Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics
For their immeasurable contributions to the discovery of gravitational waves, Caltech professors Kip S. Thorne and Barry C. Barish, and…
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…
Gravitational Waves will let us see Inside Stars as Supernovae Happen
A new study by an international team of astrophysicists has demonstrated that gravitational waves could be detected coming from exploding…
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…
LISA is On! Gravitational Wave Detection is Going to Space
The ESA recently decided to move forward with its LISA mission, a trio of satellites that will be the first…
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…
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…
Towards A New Understanding Of Dark Matter
Could Primordial Black Holes be what the Universe's dark matter is made of?
What Happens When Black Holes Collide?
Black holes are the most impressive objects in the Universe, but when happens when they crash into each other is…
The 2016 Nobel Prize In Physics: It’s Complicated
This year's Nobel Prize in physics is expected to be be conferred on the three scientists who invented the process…