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May 15, 2020 (SPX)

Gravitational lensing was first theorized by Albert Einstein more than 100 years ago to describe how light bends when it travels past massive objects like galax...

L3Harris lays foundation for first space-based gravitational wave observatory

May 13, 2020 (SPX)

From an observatory in orbit around the Sun, far away from the noise of Earth's environment on the ground, scientists can observe the birth of galaxies, superma...

Gravitational waves could prove the existence of the quark-gluon plasma

May 01, 2020 (SPX)

According to physical calculations, these conditions could result in hadrons such as neutrons and protons, which are the particles normally found in our daily e...

TAMA300 blazes trail for improved gravitational wave astronomy

Apr 29, 2020 (SPX)

When it began observations in 2000, TAMA300 was one of the world's first large-scale interferometric gravitational wave detectors. At that time TAMA300 had the ...

Solar gravity lens concept receives $2m NASA grant for technology maturation

Apr 22, 2020 (SPX)

"NASA's selection of the SGL mission for the NIAC III award is a boost for the nation's efforts to explore deep space," said Steve Isakowitz, Aerospace presiden...

A gravitational-wave signal like none before

Apr 21, 2020 (SPX)

This not only has allowed more precise measurements of the system's astrophysical properties, but it has also enabled the LIGO/Virgo scientists to verify a so f...

Australian researchers create new tools to detect gravitational waves.

Apr 09, 2020 (SPX)

Gravitational waves are faint ripples in space time caused by distant events like collisions between black holes or neutron stars. These cosmic waves are detect...

Astronomers detect first double helium-core white dwarf gravitational wave source

Apr 06, 2020 (SPX)

"Theories predict that there are many double helium-core white dwarf binaries out there," said Dr. Warren Brown, CfA astronomer and lead author on the study. "T...

Precision mirrors poised to improve sensitivity of gravitational wave detectors

Mar 19, 2020 (SPX)

"In addition to improving today's gravitational wave detectors, these new mirrors will also be useful for increasing sensitivity in next generation detectors an...

Using a spiral graph to understand how galaxies evolve

Mar 16, 2020 (SPX)

Spiral galaxies, like our own Milky Way, make up approximately 70 percent of the galaxies in the nearby Universe. In many of these galaxies the difference in br...

Continued Gravitational-Wave Discoveries from Public Data

Mar 16, 2020 (SPX)

Apart from confirming the 10 known binary black hole mergers and one binary neutron star merger, they also identify four promising black hole merger candidates,...

The link between gravity and soliton

Feb 28, 2020 (SPX)

Formulas show that baby universes pops in and out of the main universe. However, we don't realize or experience this as humans. To calculate how this scales, th...

Suited up for gravity

Feb 28, 2020 (ESA)

Researchers think that, on Earth, gravity is also part of the equation - it provides a set of anchoring cues for the central nervous system. Human evolution has...

ASU and Virginia Tech researchers unlock mysteries of grasshopper response to gravity

Jan 14, 2020 (SPX)

That's because when you're lying down, gravity causes your blood to pool in the lower parts of your body rather than in your brain. Fortunately, when you stand ...

Gravitational wave network catches another neutron star collision

Jan 07, 2020 (SPX)

Now, a new study confirms that this event was indeed likely the result of a merger of two neutron stars. This would be only the second time this type of event h...

China's Taiji-1 satellite passes in-orbit tests

Dec 29, 2019 (XNA)

The satellite, sent into orbit on Aug. 31, 2019, is China's first such kind of satellite, and has completed its in-orbit experiments, making a breakthrough in t...

Hebrew U researcher cracks Newton's elusive '3-body' problem

Dec 19, 2019 (SPX)

After using the laws of motion to describe how planet Earth orbits the sun, Newton assumed that these laws would help us calculate what would happen if a third ...

Scientists closer to solving Newton's 'three-body problem'

Dec 18, 2019 (UPI)

Newton's equations weren't perfect, however. When trying to account for three bodies -- a moon orbiting a planet orbiting a sun, for example -- Newton struggled...

Quantum expander for gravitational-wave observatories

Dec 12, 2019 (SPX)

Recently, scientists MSc. Mikhail Korobko and Prof. Roman Schnabel from the University of Hamburg and Dr. Yiqiu Ma and Prof. Yanbei Chen from the California Ins...

New instrument extends LIGO's reach

Dec 06, 2019 (SPX)

Since the start of LIGO's third operating run in April, a new instrument known as a quantum vacuum squeezer has helped scientists pick out dozens of gravitation...