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Astrophysicists have measured the recoil resulting from the birth of a new black hole that formed from the merger of two preexisting ones.

Gravitational Waves

Scientists Detect Strange Signal in Gravitational Waves

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers say they've used gravitational wave reserach statistics to solve an Antikythera mechanism mystery.

Science & Energy

Researchers Make Breakthrough in Study of Mysterious 2000-Year-Old Computer Found in Shipwreck

By Victor Tangermann

Despite being many light-years away, two colliding neutron stars could create a powerful enough explosion to wipe out life on Earth.

Explosion Light-Years Away Could Obliterate Life on Earth, Scientists Find

By Victor Tangermann

Astronomers have been detecting far more gravitational wave events than ever before, observing 35 events in a span of just four months.

Science & Energy

Scientists Detect “Tsunami” of Gravitational Waves

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists at LIGO noticed that minuscule quantum fluctuations actually knocked a large mirror in the observatory out of alignment.

Tiny Quantum Fluctuations Can Actually “Kick” Large Objects

By Dan Robitzski

A team of experts discovered an unusual celestial object that's 2.6 solar masses, too big to be a neutron star, too small to be a black hole.

Science & Energy

Astronomers May Have Discovered First-Ever “Black Neutron Star”

By Victor Tangermann

For the second time, LIGO researchers detected gravitational waves given off by a merging pair of neutron stars, but the collision challenges their models.

Science & Energy

Scientists Detect Epic Neutron Star Collision

By Dan Robitzski

We May Finally Understand the Speed of Gravity

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We May Finally Understand the Speed of Gravity

By Christianna Reedy

Next Week, Scientists Will Finally Disclose Key Details About Gravitational Waves

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Next Week, Scientists Will Finally Disclose Key Details About Gravitational Waves

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New Gravitational Wave Research May Finally Reveal Mysterious “Dark Matter”

The Nobel Prize Was Just Awarded for the Discovery Of “Ripples” in Spacetime

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The Nobel Prize Was Just Awarded for the Discovery Of “Ripples” in Spacetime

Scientists Detect New Gravitational Waves from a Black Hole Collision

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Scientists Detect New Gravitational Waves from a Black Hole Collision

Black Holes Outside Our Galaxy Work Differently From Ours

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Black Holes Outside Our Galaxy Work Differently From Ours

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There Are Missing Black Holes in Our Universe, but There’s a New Way to Find Them

Europe’s Space Program Will Launch a Gravitational Wave Hunting Spacecraft in 2034

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Europe’s Space Program Will Launch a Gravitational Wave Hunting Spacecraft in 2034

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LIGO Just Detected the Oldest Gravitational Waves Ever Discovered