The international LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Collaboration has completed the fourth observation campaign (called O4) of the international network of gravitational wave detectors. Launched in May 2023, the ...

Fresh observations of two merging black holes confirm predictions made by Stephen Hawking based on Albert Einstein’s theory. A decade after the first detection of gravitational waves from two merging ...

The spin-off VM Photonics GmbH delivers ultra-stable and 10 times purer laser light for high-precision optical measurements ...

In the world of astrophysics, Stephen Hawking’s predictions about black holes have always sparked fascination and debate.

Business innovation: VM Photonics GmbH is a spin-off of the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute; AEI) and Leibniz University Hannover. It offers ultra-precise ...

Primordial black holes (PBHs) are black holes theorized to have formed shortly after the Big Bang. Compared to black holes ...

Donald Trump's threats to cut funding towards research into black holes put any possible future discoveries "at risk," critics warn. It comes as key developments are happening within the field. For ...

Trump’s decision to slash the federal science budget is hitting hard in the US. There are worries that the cuts to LIGO – the Laser Interferometric Gravitational Wave Observatory – will result in the ...

"By the middle of next year, we expect to be in a position to decide on the way forward, with clarity on NASA funding and ...

A team of researchers from The University of Texas at Austin (UT), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), and Scripps ...