Albert Einstein anticipated gravitational waves in 1916, but several decades were needed before researchers managed to track them down for the first time. They are strong anomalies in the flow of space-time,... Read more »
We have already seen the image of a black hole, and it has been fascinating. We’ve also seen some black hole mergers, as well as a neutron star merger. What’s next now?... Read more »
Two years ago, some observatories from around the world saw a high-energy collision between a pair of solid objects, and each of them was bigger than the Sun. A similar collision could... Read more »