The catalog of gravitational waves "heard" by LIGO, KAGRA and Virgo has doubled with detections of spacetime ripples.

When black holes collide, the crash generates ripples in the fabric of spacetime—gravitational waves. These distortions ...

A unified theory of everything has long eluded scientists due to gravity being irreconcilable with the three other fundamental forces (electromagnetic, weak, and strong) described using quantum field ...

When black holes collide, the crash generates ripples in the fabric of spacetime—gravitational waves. Thanks to a global network of observatories—called the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave ...

In a bold step toward solving one of science’s most puzzling problems, researchers have proposed a new way to bring gravity into the same mathematical language as the other forces of nature. While the ...

Neutron stars harbor some of the most extreme environments in the universe: their densities soar to several times those of ...

When the densest objects in the universe collide and merge, the violence sets off ripples, in the form of gravitational waves ...

In 2010, renowned string theory expert Erik Verlinde from the University of Amsterdam and the Delta Institute for Theoretical Physics proposed that gravity is not a fundamental force of nature, but ...

Neutron stars are ultra-dense remnants of massive stars that collapsed after supernova explosions and are made up mostly of subatomic particles with no electric charge (i.e., neutrons). When two ...

A new gravitational theory formulated by Erik Verlinde, renowned string theory expert at the University of Amsterdam and the Delta Institute for Theoretical Physics, might just do away with the roles ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. More than 100 years after Albert Einstein first outlined his ideas ...

What if dark matter didn’t exist? Sure, scientists have never observed it, but they believe it exists because of apparent gravitational effects. But what if our current understanding of gravity was ...