Latest about gravitational waves
A tiny crystal device could boost gravitational wave detectors to reveal the birth cries of black holes
In 2017, astronomers witnessed the birth of a black hole for the first time.
A mission to Uranus and Neptune could act as massive gravitational-wave detector
What if one mission could study the gravitational ripples triggered by some of the most violent events in the universe — on the way to observing the least-known planets of our solar system?
Superpowerful 'oscillon' particles could have dominated the infant universe, then vanished
A weird, super-powerful particle that's not truly a particle could have dominated the universe when it was just a second old, releasing a flood of ripples that permeated all of space-time.
Now-dead radio telescope finds bizarre venomous-spider star
Data from the now-destroyed Arecibo radio telescope has revealed a bizarre new type of hybrid venomous spider star.
A neutron-star crash spotted 3 years ago is still pumping out X-rays. But why?
Three years ago, two neutron stars collided in a cataclysmic crash, the first such merger ever observed directly. Naturally, scientists kept their eye on it — and now, something strange is happening.
Scientists are getting closer in race to find gravitational wave background and dark matter
Astronomers may be getting closer to discovering as-yet hidden cosmic secrets, such as the nature of dark matter and the presence of widespread distortions in space-time.
Did a holographic phase transition in the early universe release gravitational waves?
A team of physicists recently used a string-theory technique to reveal that we're on the cusp of detecting phase transitions in the early universe through their gravitational wave signature.
10 huge black hole findings from 2020
Here, we take a look at some of the most spectacular black hole findings of 2020.
