As gravitational wave detectors become more advanced, tracing their principles and history can engage undergraduate students with modern physics.

Researchers have shown that abstract mathematical functions from the frontiers of theoretical physics have a real-world use ...

A study published in Nature has established a new benchmark in modeling the universe's most extreme events: the collisions of ...

Space might seem calm when gazing up at the night sky, but invisible waves ripple continuously through the universe, bending ...

Scientists announced they have developed an artificial intelligence program capable of designing gravitational wave detectors that outperform human-made versions, potentially supercharging our ...

Distant quasars may hold the key to spotting elusive gravitational waves—and revealing hidden dimensions of the universe.

Besides particles like sterile neutrinos, axions and weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs), a leading candidate for ...

Gravitational waves, those minuscule ripples in spacetime, have revolutionized our understanding of the Universe since their first detection. An artificial intelligence named Urania may now push the ...

This black hole merger animation was created using data collected by the LIGO and Virgo gravitational wave detectors, an observation designated GW190412. Credits: © N. Fischer, H. Pfeiffer, A.

By analyzing quasar movements, he hopes to detect gravitational waves in three dimensions without requiring the construction of expensive detectors—a first in this field. The study of celestial ...

Scientists have made the most accurate predictions yet of the gravitational waves produced when two black holes fly past each ...