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South African telescope detects record‑breaking signal from the early universe
Thato Manamela, University of Pretoria and Roger P. Deane, Inter-University Institute for Data Intensive Astronomy; University of Cape…
New fear unlocked: runaway black holes
A runaway black hole leaving a streak of new stars in its wake. James Webb Space Telescope /…
10 years ago, gravitational waves changed astronomy. A new discovery shows there’s more to come
Carl Knox, OzGrav, Swinburne University of Technology Simon Stevenson, Swinburne University of Technology Ten years ago, scientists heard…
Scientists use supercomputers to ask: What was before the Big Bang?
Scientists are turning to powerful supercomputer simulations to solve Einstein's equations and finally explore what happened before the Big Bang.
The Viewpoint: A new observatory is assembling the most complete time-lapse record of the night sky ever
Now operational, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory is creating a 10-year movie of the universe to investigate everything from the nature of dark matter to the threat of nearby asteroids.
Scientists propose using magnets to ‘hear’ spacetime
Scientists have demonstrated how magnets from dark matter experiments can also serve as detectors for high-frequency gravitational waves, potentially revealing a new spectrum of cosmic signals.
How gravitational waves could help detect Star Trek-style warp drive spaceships
Katy Clough, Queen Mary University of London; Sebastian Khan, Cardiff University, and Tim Dietrich, University of Potsdam How…
Astronomers can’t agree on how fast the universe is expanding. New approaches are aiming to break the impasse
ESA/Hubble & Nasa, F. Pacaud, D. Coe Alex Hall, The University of Edinburgh It is almost 100 years…
Gravitational wave detector LIGO is back online after 3 years of upgrades – how the world’s most sensitive yardstick reveals secrets of the universe
When two massive objects – like black holes or neutron stars – merge, they warp space and time.…