Gravitational waves
Gravity can exist without mass, researcher shows, for the first time
Mitigating the need for hypothetical dark matter.
A new way to capture physicists’ most wanted particle — the graviton
Next-generation quantum sensors can catch a single one.
Study sheds light on the origin of low-frequency gravitational waves
A 'supercool' secret about the Big Bang.
Collapsing stars could be the new source of detectable gravitational wave
These new sources of gravitational waves just await discovery.
Advancing gravitational wave detection: Probing neutron star and black hole collisions
Alerts can now be sent less than 30 seconds after detection.
Neutron star mergers: New physics signals
With implications for determining the true nature of dark matter.
Scientists verified an important property of black holes
The team analyzed data from the heaviest black hole merger detected so far.
Strong hints of monster gravitational waves warping the Galaxy
A collective hum of gravitational waves from many pairs of merging black holes throughout the universe.
Evidence of a universal background of gravitational waves
The waves oscillate very slowly over years and even decades.
Predicting the masses of the largest supermassive black holes in the universe
Some can get really big.
A binary supermassive black hole system discovered in blazar
The system could be the site of future gravitational wave detection.
New laser mode sensor to probe the interiors of neutron stars
New laser breakthrough to help to understand gravitational waves.
Using Moon’s orbit as a Gravitational Wave Detector
Gravitational waves offer details on some of the most violent events in the Universe. Existing gravitational wave detectors scan different frequency ranges. Although, some...
Scientists unveiled the largest number of gravitational waves ever detected
A tsunami of gravitational waves.
Mountains on neutron stars are only a fraction of a millimeter tall
These results show how neutron stars truly are remarkably spherical objects.
Detecting gravitational waves using AI
This work highlights the significant value of data infrastructure to the scientific community.
Determining the birth population of double neutron stars
Deciphering the lives of double neutron stars in radio and gravitational wave astronomy.
Revealing the secrets of a portion of the world’s first color photos
EPFL researchers have shed new light on one of the earliest color photography techniques, G. Lippmann’s Nobel Prize–winning multispectral imaging method.
What can gravitational waves reveal about dark matter?
Scientists of the PRISMA+ Cluster of Excellence analyze data from the gravitational wave observatory NANOGrav.
The heaviest black hole collision might be a boson star merger, study
The result would provide the first observational evidence for a long sought dark matter candidate.
First black hole ever detected is more massive than we thought
The study questions astronomers what they know about the Universe’s most mysterious objects.
Gravitational waves detected from gigantic, colliding black holes
Astronomers find possible hints of gravitational waves.
Sifting out the universe’s first gravitational waves
Identifying primordial ripples would be key to understanding the conditions of the early universe.
A signal from what may be the most massive black hole merger yet
A “bang” in LIGO and Virgo detectors signals most massive gravitational-wave source yet.