A team of physicists has developed a method to detect gravity waves with such low frequencies that they could unlock the secrets behind the early phases of mergers between supermassive black holes, ...
When two black holes merge or two neutron stars collide, gravitational waves can be generated. They spread at the speed of ...
Astronomers are on the verge of unlocking an entirely new way to observe the universe. Since the first detection of gravitational waves in October 2015, scientists have been listening in to these ...
Einstein’s theory of general relativity states that space and time are interwoven into a single continuum. The gravitational pull of massive celestial bodies like stars or black holes corresponds to ...
As California awakens to the worsening risk of extreme climate events, researchers are shedding new light on last year’s anomalous and extreme Pacific Northwest heat wave. One study published this ...
Whenever I find myself harboring a constantly nagging thought, I know I will eventually have to get busy and find a way to put it to rest. When I read EDN’s Design Ideas, I look for the range of ...
In 2023, physicists were awed to find nearly imperceptible ripples in the fabric of space and time — united as an entity known as spacetime. They were ripples discovered in association with ...