The year 2015 was a landmark for the astrophysics community across the globe as the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave ...

On Nov. 2, Kip Thorne took the stage at Harvey Mudd College’s Galileo Auditorium to recount his 50 year odyssey of making ...

The simulations revealed that stronger magnetic fields create lighter, slower spinning black holes, while weaker fields allow heavier, faster spinning ones. This relationship suggests black holes ...

The sheer existence of these behemoths was immediately flagged as impossible—for one, they fell squarely within the ...

A newly observed gravitational wave event from the collision of two massive, rapidly spinning black holes forces scientists to reconsider how these cosmic giants are born and grow.

In October 2024 the network detected a clear signal that pointed back to a merger that occurred 700 million light-years away. The progenitor black holes were 20 and 6 solar masses and the larger ...

Researchers detect the clearest black hole signal to date, enabling tests of Hawking's area theorem and advancing ...

A Skelmorlie artist has presented two new paintings to the University of Glasgow to celebrate the part the institution has played in cosmic history.

A Skelmorlie artist has presented two new paintings to the University of Glasgow to celebrate the part the institution has played in cosmic history.

A Scottish artist has donated two new paintings to the University of Glasgow to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the first detection of gravitational waves.

Twin black hole collisions detected in 2024 have provided the sharpest-ever test of Einstein’s theory while revealing new details about how black holes form and spin.

The symphonies registered by the wave detectors were produced during the collision that created the black holes, according to ...