New Search Algorithm Could Be Quantum Leap in Detection of Gravitational Waves
A new method of identifying gravitational wave signals using quantum computing could provide a valuable new tool for future astrophysicists. A team from the University…
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Astronomy & Astrophysics 101: Gravitational Waves
What Are Gravitational Waves? Gravitational waves are distortions in spacetime that result from the movements of objects with mass. Gravitational waves are not simple conceptually,…
Extraordinary Cosmic Collision: The Unfolding Story of a Kilonova Told in X-Rays
NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory continues to study GW170817, a neutron star merger that produced gravitational waves. Many telescopes saw different kinds of light after the…
Using the Moon’s Orbit as a Powerful New Gravitational Wave Detector
Researchers from the UAB, IFAE, and University College London propose using the variations in distance between the Earth and the Moon, which can be measured…
Quantum Behavior of Massive Objects: Gravitational Wave Mirror Experiments Can Evolve Into Quantum Entities
Quantum physical experiments exploring the motion of macroscopic or heavy bodies under gravitational forces require protection from any environmental noise and highly efficient sensing. An…
Misbehaving Pulsars: Unexpected Changes in the Most Predictable of Stars
Pulsars, a class of neutron stars, are extremely predictable stars. They are formed from the hearts of massive stars that have since collapsed in on…
Chaotic Triple Drama: Black Hole Billiards in the Centers of Galaxies
Researchers provide the first plausible explanation to why one of the most massive black hole pairs observed to date by gravitational waves also seemed to…
New Technology To Improve Gravitational-Wave Detectors – World’s Most Sensitive Scientific Instruments
A new technology that can improve gravitational-wave detectors, one of the most sensitive instruments used by scientific researchers, has been pioneered by physicists at the…
Astronomers Find Two Supermassive Black Holes Spiraling Toward a Cataclysmic Collision
A supermassive black hole 9 billion light-years away appears to have a companion black hole orbiting around it. As the orbit shrinks, the pair gets…
Colossal Black Holes Locked in an Epic Cosmic Dance at Heart of Galaxy
Astronomers find evidence for the tightest-knit supermassive black hole duo observed to date. Two supermassive black holes that are 9 billion light-years apart from one…
Astronomers May Use Pulsars To Detect Merging Supermassive Black Holes
Astronomers have been using gravitational waves to detect merging black holes for years now, but may have to rely on pulsars – rapidly spinning neutron…
Future Gravitational Wave Detector in Space Could Solve Mysteries of the Universe
New research has shown that future gravitational wave detections from space will be capable of finding new fundamental fields and potentially shed new light on…
Gravitational Waves: LISA and the Detection of New Fundamental Fields – Is General Relativity Correct?
Published in Nature Astronomy the work which shows the unprecedented accuracy with which gravitational wave observations by the space interferometer LISA will be able to…
Gravitational Wave Scientists Join the Epic Search for Dark Matter
The technologies behind one of the biggest scientific breakthroughs of the century – the detection of gravitational waves – are now being used in the…
Solving One of the Biggest Mysteries in the Universe: Gravitational Wave Scientists Set Their Sights on Dark Matter
Incredibly sensitive instruments used in landmark discoveries could help solve one of the biggest remaining mysteries in the Universe. The technology behind one of the…
Highly Eccentric Black Hole Merger Detected for the First Time
Findings by the Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation published in Nature Astronomy. For the first time, scientists believe they have detected a merger of…
Searching for Elusive Continuous Gravitational Waves From the Densest Objects in the Universe
A new international study, led by an Australian researcher from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery, searched for elusive continuous gravitational waves…
New Evidence of Gravitational Wave Background Permeating All of Spacetime
A multinational team of astronomers, including scientists from the University of Birmingham’s Institute for Gravity Wave Astronomy, has reported the findings of a comprehensive search…
