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Scientist Find Treasure Trove of Giant Black Hole Pairs
In two new studies by international teams of astrophysicists, a wealth of merging black hole pairs have been discovered, which…
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…
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…
Gravitational Astronomy? How Detecting Gravitational Waves Changes Everything
We’ve now had multiple detections of gravitational waves, opening up a whole new field: gravitational astronomy. We talk about the…
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…
Weekly Space Hangout – May 19, 2017: Eric Fisher of Labfundr
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guest: Eric Fisher is the head of Labfundr, a Canadian crowdsourcing platform for science research…
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…
Weekly Space Hangout – June 17, 2016: LIGO Team
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guest: LIGO Team Members:Kai Staats and Michael Landry Kai Staats is a filmmaker, lecturer and…