Gravitational Waves

Scientists recently spotted a gold-and-platinum factory in space called a "kilonova," or an epic explosion that likely happened when two dense stars collided with each other.

The largest physics detector on Earth hunts gravitational waves. But it needs to be really, really quiet to find them.

Most of the universe's gold, uranium and other heavy elements are generated from rapidly whirling collapsing stars, a new study finds.

Upcoming gravitational-wave observatories both on Earth and in space could soon help solve some of the greatest mysteries in science.

Just a month into a new observing round after significant improvements, gravitational-wave detectors have already used ripples in space-time to pinpoint five collisions of cosmic proportions.

Scientists want your help studying black holes — and you can do it from your own home!

Astronomers have apparently spotted another epic neutron-star crash — and they didn't need gravitational waves to do it.

Analyzing ripples in the fabric of space and time created by pairs of dead stars may soon solve a cosmic mystery surrounding how quickly the universe is expanding — if scientists are lucky.

Four new gravitational-wave observations mean scientists can start to make broader discoveries about the world around us and the black holes that fill it.

Once again, a decades-old theory of gravity has survived a modern scientific onslaught. Einstein wins again.

The historic neutron-star crash that astronomers observed last year generated a hypermassive, supermagnetic neutron star, a recent study suggests.

The collision of black holes harboring millions or billions of times the mass of the sun are likely common throughout the universe, a new study suggests.

Cataclysmic mergers of the superdense stellar corpses known as neutron stars may be common across the cosmos, a new study suggests.

So far, gravitational waves have found no hints of extra dimensions, but there may still be some really tiny ones lurking out there.

The dramatic neutron-star merger that astronomers observed in August 2017 generated a jet of material that seemed to move four times faster than light, a new study reports.

Close encounters with medium-size black holes can reanimate dead stars, if only momentarily, a new study suggests.