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

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

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

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

International team calculates observable quantities such as scattering angle and emitted energy with unrivalled precision.

While current gravitational wave detectors — such as Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) and its sister site Virgo — have proven very successful, a new study argues ...

Artist's impression of the Einstein Telescope. (Image: Marco Kraan/Nikhef) ...

Jackie explains that a laser inside the tubes is split, bounces off mirrors, and goes straight back to sensors at the center ...

where global detection efforts led by the LIGO (Laser Interferometry Gravitational-Wave Observatory)-Virgo-KAGRA (Kamioka Gravitational Wave Detector) Collaboration have made it possible to detect ...

Scientists have predicted enigmatic space-time disruptions that occur, when two black holes pass close to one another, with ...