Latest about gravitational waves
Black holes are some of the most powerful objects in the universe — and humans could devise ways to harness that power as an energy source, a new theoretical study claims.
"I never thought I would ever see such a measurement in my lifetime."
Collisions between neutron stars are the most powerful and violent events in the known universe. Would life on Earth survive a kilonova event?
Researchers have used a special crystal to bend the trajectory of light like a black hole would, a phenomenon known as 'pseudogravity.'
The sensitivity of LIGO has squeezed the quantum limit, meaning it can now detect merging black holes and neutron stars on smaller scales and at greater distances than ever before.
The new Siena Galaxy Atlas is an information gold mine for astronomers and a free gallery of galaxy portraits for the public.
Unlike physical theories describing the other three fundamental forces in physics, the general theory of relativity has only been tested in weak gravity.
Reference Shrouded in mystery for decades, gamma-ray bursts are the brightest explosions since the Big Bang and emerge from only the most violent cosmic events.
