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Quantum Sensor Opens ‘a New Window into the Underground’
The achievement is a step toward a “Google Maps of the underground,” said the study’s lead author.
How an Earth-Sized Telescope Images Supermassive Black Holes
Ziri Younsi, a member of the Event Horizon Telescope collaboration, explains how scientists managed to photograph a black hole across 55 million light years.
Something Huge and Invisible Is Making Nearby Stars Vanish, Scientists Propose
Stars that have gone missing from the Hyades cluster may have been torn away by a dark matter monster with the mass of 10 million Suns.
A Wild Experiment Just Got Us Closer to Exploring Extra Dimensions
Scientists have measured the smallest gravitational field yet, which has big implications for future research into dark matter, quantum gravity, and the possibility of extra dimensions.
Milky Way Is Being Slowly 'Pulled' Apart by a Neighbouring Galaxy
The gravitational force is causing our home galaxy to twist and deform.
Should Florida Get Any Credit for Having Nice Weather?
Time for your weekly edition of Drew Magary's Funbag. Today, we're talking about plain tortilla chips, 1994, the death of gravity, and more.
A Star Is Orbiting our Galaxy's Black Hole in a Stunning Pattern
In yet another win for Albert Einstein’s theories, scientists report the first ever detection of “Schwarzschild precession” around a black hole.
Scientists Witnessed a Dead Star ‘Dragging’ the Fabric of Reality
Astronomers spent 20 years using a dead star as a gigantic "cosmic clock" to test a mind-blowing prediction of Einstein's general theory of relativity.
A Scientist Created ‘Gravity Crystals’ to Simulate Dead Stars on Earth
Physicist Alexander Bataller recreated exotic cosmic phenomena on Earth using household materials.
Our Solar System Might Have a Black Hole From the Dawn of the Universe
This alternate explanation for 'Planet Nine,' proposed by scientists in a new paper, poses some fundamental questions like: Should we visit it?
This New Atomic Clock Is So Precise Our Ability to Measure Gravity Constrains Its Accuracy
NIST's new atomic clocks will help create the world's most precise map of how Earth's gravity warps spacetime.
The Epic Trailer for Alfonso Cuarón’s 'Roma' Already Looks Oscar-Worthy
Although the trailer is thin on dialogue, it evokes themes of poverty, class, and race.