In a landmark achievement, astronomers have noticed light bending in an unexpected manner, one that doesn’t align with the predictions made by Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity. This ...

Researchers using LIGO have confirmed that black holes get bigger when they merge, offering strong support for Stephen Hawking's theory.

Researchers at Hiroshima University have developed a realistic, highly sensitive method to detect the Unruh effect—a ...

Astronomers detected in unprecedented detail a collision between two black holes. Their observations confirm predictions made ...

The merger of two black holes is a momentous event, revealing the wildest and most extreme configurations of space, time and ...

Researchers have spent 10 years improving the massive detectors they use to catch shockwaves from colliding black holes, and ...

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s a Riverfest with fireworks, Gilman Square arts and music, Diane von Furstenburg talks, a pop-up serves Indonesian snacks and ...

An eon ago, when only microbes dwelled on Earth, a pair of black holes some 1.3 billion light-years beyond the solar system ...

Celebrating 10 years since the first detection of gravitational waves coming from colliding black holes, LIGO has confirmed ...