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Around a monster black hole, smaller black holes collide in strange ways
By Meghan Bartels published
Take three black holes and throw them into the disk surrounding a supermassive black hole and things get really weird, really fast.
How a future gravitational wave detector in space will reveal more about the universe
By Elizabeth Howell published
Europe's gravitational wave detector is expected to launch in 2037 to push forward a rapidly growing science field.
Researchers detect 1st merger between black holes with eccentric orbits
By Samantha Mathewson published
Scientists have for the first time confirmed the merger of two highly eccentric black holes.
Gravitational waves play with fast spinning stars, study suggests
By Doris Elin Urrutia published
Scientists observed changes in the signals coming from rapidly-spinning stars called pulsars that might point to the existence of subtle space-time ripples vibrating throughout the entire universe.
Did astronomers see the light from two black holes colliding for the first time?
By Chelsea Gohd published
Astronomers may have seen the light from two black holes smashing into one another for the first time ever.
Hunting Gravitational Waves with Lasers: How Project LIGO Works (Infographic)
By Karl Tate last updated
How Gravitational Waves Work (Infographic)
By Karl Tate last updated
Moving masses generate waves of gravitational radiation that stretch and squeeze space-time.
Gravitational wave treasure trove shows black holes, neutron stars colliding
By Tereza Pultarova published
Scientists have released the largest catalog of gravitational wave detections to date, shedding new light on interactions of the most massive objects in the universe, black holes and neutron stars.
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