The LISA (Laser Interferometer Space Antenna) mission, led by ESA (European Space Agency) with NASA contributions, will detect gravitational waves in space using three spacecraft,…
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Scientists have used supercomputer simulations to study gravitational waves produced by merging neutron stars, revealing a correlation between the remnant temperature and wave frequency. These…
Physicists have developed a novel method to investigate dark matter using gravitational wave detectors, potentially uncovering the effects of dark matter particles on neutron stars.…
The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) has improved its detection of cosmic events by overcoming quantum noise through advanced “squeezing” technology. This breakthrough will increase…
When black holes collide, they produce gravitational waves detectable on Earth. Although theorized by Einstein in 1916, they were not directly observed until 2015. Modern…
Using simulated data, astronomers have depicted the sky through gravitational waves, revealing the need for space observatories to detect binary systems. Future projects like LISA…
LISA – Laser Interferometer Space Antenna. Credit: Simon Barke – University of Florida A new SISSA study proposes an array of interferometers in space to…
An artist’s impression of two black holes about to collide and merge. Recent simulations of two black holes colliding at close to the speed of…
Numerical simulation of the neutron stars merging to form a black hole, with their accretion disks interacting to produce electromagnetic waves. Credit: L. Rezolla (AEI)…
Artist’s impression of a collection of black holes in the core of a star cluster. Credit: ESA/Hubble, N. Bartmann Since 2015, the LIGOThe Laser Interferometer…
OzGrav, the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery at Swinburne, has received an additional $35 million in funding to continue their…
An artist’s impression of two colliding black holes. Researchers have identified a peculiar twisting motion in the orbits of two colliding black holes, an exotic…
Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/CI Lab Imagine taking a star with twice the mass of the Sun and crushing it down to the size…
Gravity is a fundamental interaction that causes anything with mass or energy to attract one other. The Gravitational Constant The gravitational constant G determines the intensity…
A new technique to measure vibrating atoms could improve the precision of atomic clocks and of quantum sensors for detecting dark matter or gravitational wavesGravitational…
Artist’s impression of one potential source of continuous gravitational waves – Asymmetric accretion onto a spinning neutron star. Credit: Mark Myers, Ozgrav-Swinburne University In the…
An artist’s impression of gravitational waves generated by binary neutron stars. Credit: R. Hurt/Caltech-JPL Deep Follow-up of GW151226 — an ordinary binary or a low-mass…
An artist’s impression of two black holes about to collide and merge. Gravitational waves are ripples in the curvature of spacetime caused by accelerated masses…
Artist’s concept of gravitational waves propagating through space. New laser breakthrough to help increase understanding of gravitational wavesGravitational waves are distortions or ripples in the…
Figure 1: The 30 Doradus nebula, also known as the Tarantula Nebula, in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is home to many massive stars. Credit:…