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

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A new publication introduces the rapidly growing field of multi-messenger gravitational lensing, which combines ...

Walter Massey, an accomplished physicist, leader, and advocate for science and education, will deliver Caltech's keynote ...

A new physics paper takes a step toward creating a long-sought "theory of everything" by uniting gravity with the quantum ...

In the cold, dark outskirts of planetary systems far beyond the reach of the known planets, mysterious gas giants and ...

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

A research team led by Han Jinlin from the National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has ...

Time-Delay Interferometry (TDI) is a cornerstone technique for space-based gravitational wave detection, primarily designed to suppress laser frequency ...