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Neutron star collision can annihilate Earth’s ozone layer, leaving it devoid of life for thousands of years
Very recently, a team of scientists decided to explore the hypothetical possibility of such a kilon…
An experiment that reaches across our galaxy has detected the first signs of a possible 'sea' of ripples in space-time
Supermassive black holes merging in distant galaxies could be creating a background hum of gravitat…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen  Â
An experiment that reaches across the galaxy has 'heard' an invisible sea of ripples in space-time for the first time. It's surprisingly loud.
This thrum of gravitational waves is constantly pulsing through the universe. It opens a window int…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen  Â
Einstein thought we'd never detect ripples in space-time. But 100 years later, a remarkable experiment is proving him wrong over and over.
Einstein predicted that noise and vibrations on Earth would prevent us from ever being able to dete…
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A collision in space revealed a black hole that physicists thought could never exist. The observatory that detected it cracked a 100-year-old mystery posed by Einstein.
Scientists detected ripples in space-time from the most massive, distant space collision ever found…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen  Â
Black holes can produce light when they collide, new research shows — astronomers just saw the first-ever 'flare' from a spacetime-bending merger
Two black holes crashed together and merged within a disk of hot matter orbiting another larger bla…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen  Â
Scientists detected ripples in space and time from a potentially new class of collision in the universe. Their observatory cracked a 100-year-old mystery posed by Einstein.
It goes like this: As neutron stars move toward each other, a tiny bit of their material gets shot …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen  Â
A powerful experiment that cracked a 100-year-old mystery posed by Einstein just got a huge upgrade
It will also be the first detector to cryogenically chill its mirrors - the practice of using lique…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Dave Mo…  Â
3 hydrating foods to help keep your body cool when it's hot, according to a dietitian
Watermelons have high amounts of water, and smoothies are rich in electrolytes which can help you s…
Jake Johnson  Â
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  Â
An experiment that solved a 100-year-old mystery posed by Einstein is about to turn back on - and it's more powerful than ever
One of the notable collisions it has observed since then, unceremoniously dubbed "GW170817" and ann…
Dave Mosher  Â
Scientists think they've observed a black hole swallowing a neutron star for the first time. It made ripples in space and time, as Einstein predicted.
Scott's team think the ripples in spacetime from this event, also known as gravitational waves, jus…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen  Â
Coronavirus: ICICI Prudential Life Insurance urges customers to use online facilities
The company said its customers can place service requests through WhatsApp (+91 99206 67766), webs…
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Scientists won the Nobel Prize for detecting gravitational waves - here's why that matters
LIGO's first detection of a gravitational wave was a team effort involving hundreds of scientists a…
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Newly discovered gravitational waves hint that 'cities' of black holes may lurk in space
LIGO may also eventually aid in listening to the parts of the universe that were created shortly af…
Dave Mosher  Â
A giant experiment that cracked a 100-year mystery of physics just came back online - and it's more powerful than ever
Vicky Kalogera, an astrophysicist at Northwestern University and LIGO, previously told Business Ins…
Dave Mosher  Â
Astronomers just proved the incredible origin of nearly all gold, platinum, and silver in the universe
The process, known appropriately as the rapid process (or r-process), goes like this: As the two ne…
Dave Mosher  Â
More than 1,000 physicists just proved Albert Einstein wrong again
Scans of the sky using visible light, X-rays, and electromagnetic waves have been insufficient, say…
Sarah Kramer  Â
A year ago, scientists cracked one of Einstein's greatest mysteries - now a bizarre new form of astronomy is emerging
However, scientists from the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) experiment …
Dave Mosher  Â
A bizarre new form of astronomy could unlock these 4 cosmic secrets
"It confirms - it super-confirms - that these events are not flukes," astrophysicist Vicky Kalogera…