LIGO
Scientists Confirm Stephen Hawking’s 50-Year-Old Theory About Black Holes
A wave signal from space validates Hawking’s prediction that the area of an event horizon should never decrease.
Scientists Detect a Black Hole Eating a Neutron Star In Mind-Blowing First
Nobody had ever seen a system containing a neutron star and a black hole. In January 2020, scientists detected two of them.
'Dark Sirens' In Space Can Solve a Huge Mystery In Spacetime, Scientists Propose
Ripples in spacetime caused by black holes colliding in darkness could help scientists clock the expansion of the universe.
Scientists May Have Detected a Huge Collision Between Blobs of Dark Matter
If confirmed, the collision between never-before-seen boson stars may solve the long search for the source of dark matter.
Scientists May Have Detected a Signal That Could Change Astronomy Forever
Scientists think they may have spied the universe's "gravitational wave background" after more than a decade of searching.
Ripples in Spacetime Keep Revealing Bizarre Occurrences in Space
Two recent studies probed ripples in spacetime from cataclysmic black hole events to reveal light in an implausible place and a mystery object in the cosmos.
Scientists Detect Waves in Spacetime From Biggest Known Neutron Star Collision
“Neutron star binaries this massive may not be detectable by current telescope surveys.”
Scientists Are 99% Sure They Just Detected a Black Hole Eating a Neutron Star
“If it turns out to be right, then we’ve confirmed a new type of star system. It’s that fundamental.”
Black Holes Can’t Account for Missing Dark Matter in the Universe
A statistical analysis of 740 supernovas found that black holes can only account for 40 percent of dark matter in the universe, putting another nail in the coffin for the MACHOs theory of dark matter.
Scientists Have Detected an Entirely New Type of Gravitational Wave
Astronomers capture both a gravitational wave and optical imagery from the energetic union of two neutron stars in a distant galaxy.
Nobel Prize in Physics Recognizes the Dawn of a Whole New Kind of Astronomy
Rainer Weiss, Kip Thorne, and Barry Barish are named for leading the effort to detect gravitational waves.
These Black Holes Merged Nearly Two Billion Years Ago and We Have the Receipts
The newest gravitational wave discovery is the first to involve three detectors.