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Astronomers found evidence for a 'dark' gravitational force that might fix Einstein's most famous theory
While general relativity says a strong source of gravity - like the sun - will warp the fabric of s…
Dave Mosher
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Black holes could be making the universe expand using cores of pure dark energy
Two scientists are suggesting that Einstein’s equations were not being used correctly all this tim…
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A black hole bigger than the sun is pulling on the fabric of space and time
Black holes are generally known for pulling in any item that crosses their path using their gravi…
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An experiment that solved a 100-year-old mystery posed by Einstein just got up to 50% more powerful by squeezing light
By squeezing photons on the quantum level, the instrument ensures the particles produce fewer tiny …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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This is how close you'd have to be to feel a gravitational wave
By now, we all know some of the basic parameters here: a merger of two black holes, ~1.3 billion li…
Rafi Letzter
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Einstein's 100 year old theory is helping us map the universe in all its lumps and glory
The scientists also want to do an analog of experiments, pretending that they are observers sitting…
Ali Sundermier
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Here's why astronauts age slower than the rest of us here on Earth
Astronauts on the International Space Station age slightly slower than the rest of us on Earth due …
Kelly Dickerson,Natalie Musum…
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7 Easter eggs in the images from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope are totally new to astronomy
An astronomer points out hidden sights in NASA's new images, from previously invisible star cluster…
Marianne Guenot,Morgan McFall…
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A mesmerizing NASA animation shows how a nearby black hole would warp spacetime like a fun-house mirror
The visualization first shows what a black hole would look like from the side (the way it appears i…
Aria Bendix
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Here's why astronauts age slower than the rest of us here on Earth
They're floating about 260 miles above, where Earth's gravitational pull is weaker than it is at th…
Kelly Dickerson
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This collision was 50 times more powerful than all the stars in the universe combined
And if all this wasn't exciting enough, it's the first time astronomers have ever observed a binary…
Sarah Kramer
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A 'mind-boggling' telescope observation has revealed the point of no return for our galaxy's monster black hole
On big scales, it's a window into the history and evolution of the Milky Way galaxy, which rotates …
Dave Mosher
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Most of the universe may be trapped inside of ancient black holes
Astronomers call this material "dark matter." They know it's out there because its huge mass tugs o…
Dave Mosher
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The US military released a study on time travel and warp drives - here's what a theoretical physicist thinks of it
"You can't go faster than the speed of light. But what you can can imagine doing is effectively twi…
Dave Mosher
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Astrophysicists Claim To Have Proven There Are No Such Things As Black Holes - Here's Why They're Wrong
One of the most difficult challenges of studying this giant star collapse is recreating the point w…
Jessica Orwig
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Physicists Have Built A Time Machine Simulator
The team of physicists simulated a particle traveling through a CTC by firing pairs of entangled li…
Kelly Dickerson
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The movie 'Interstellar' came out exactly 5 years ago. Since then, new discoveries have changed our understanding of black holes.
In the movie "Interstellar," a fictional black hole called Gargantua takes center stage. The film c…
Aylin Woodward
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Interstellar Animators Discovered New Physics While Creating A Black Hole For The Movie
If you could look at a black hole at different angles, you would see a strange warping motion of th…