Two massive touching stars in a neighboring galaxy are on course to become black holes…
Browsing: Gravitational Waves
Gravitational waves are ripples in the fabric of spacetime caused by some of the most violent and energetic processes in the Universe. Albert Einstein first predicted their existence in 1916 based on his theory of general relativity, which describes gravity as the curvature of spacetime caused by mass. Gravitational waves are generated by specific types of movement between massive objects, such as the spiraling and merging of neutron stars or black holes. These waves travel at the speed of light and carry information about their origins, as well as about the nature of gravity itself.
India has approved the construction of LIGO-India, a gravitational-wave observatory that will join a global…
A new SISSA study proposes an array of interferometers in space to detect subtle fluctuations…
Recent simulations of two black holes colliding at close to the speed of light have…
Scientists have advanced in discovering how to use ripples in space-time known as gravitational waves…
Since 2015, the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Collaboration has detected about 85 pairs of black holes crashing into…
OzGrav Makes Waves With $35M To Understand the Universe The Australian Research Council Centre of…
Gravitational waves identify what could be a rare one-in-1000 event. Astronomers at Cardiff University have…
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The Gravitational Constant The gravitational constant G determines the intensity of gravity, the force that…
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In the last few years, astronomers have achieved an incredible milestone: the detection of gravitational…
Deep Follow-up of GW151226 — an ordinary binary or a low-mass ratio merger? Now that…
Gravitational waves are ripples in the curvature of spacetime caused by accelerated masses that propagate…
New laser breakthrough to help increase understanding of gravitational waves. Scientists have created a proof-of-concept…
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Lasers support certain structures of light known as “eigenmodes.” An international collaboration of experts in…
One of the biggest puzzles in modern cosmology is the existence of dark matter, which…