What does it take to quantify a change in distance smaller than one-ten-thousandth the size of a proton? For the LIGO, Virgo, ...

Comet 3I/ATLAS is the third ISO ever detected. It was discovered by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) ...

Typical gamma-ray bursts are among the most energetic phenomena in the universe, usually associated with the collapse of massive stars or the merging of compact objects like neutron stars. They ...

In the vast depths of the universe, a gravitational ballet lasting hundreds of millions of years is taking place. Two black holes spiral towards each other under the influence of their mutual gravity, ...

Nearly a decade has passed since an international team of scientists, including Northwestern University astrophysicists, ...

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

On January 14, 2025, a gravitational wave dubbed GW250114 reached Earth. Like its predecessor, GW150914, it came from a pair ...