Physicists have analyzed two enormous black hole mergers that happened one month apart and have come up with tantalizing ...

For the first time, scientists have detected two black hole mergers with spins so unusual they may reveal a new generation of ...

Gravitational wave detectors on Earth have heard the "cry" of two newborn black holes with some unusual and remarkable ...

The international LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Collaboration reports the observations of two record-breaking events in gravitational wave ...

New results from an international team including UBC astrophysicists highlight the first black hole observed to be spinning ...

Two newly detected black hole mergers by LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA reveal rare spins and opposing orbits, reshaping theories of cosmic ...

After a three-year hiatus, scientists in the U.S. have just turned on detectors capable of measuring gravitational waves—tiny ripples in space itself that travel through the universe. Unlike light ...

Earth is awash in gravitational waves. Over a six-month period, scientists captured a bounty of 39 sets of gravitational waves. The waves, which stretch and squeeze the fabric of spacetime, were ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. The Universe is out there, waiting for you to discover it. One of the most understated frontiers in all of physics is the quest ...

Scientists on the lookout for subtle disturbances in the fabric of space-time have detected the signal from a cataclysmic collision between two black holes that lie some 3 billion light-years away, ...

An artist’s conception shows gravitational waves emanating like ripples in space time as two black holes approach each other in their orbits. (Credit: T. Pyle / LIGO) It looks as if gravitational-wave ...

About 1.4 billion years ago, the universe gave scientists a Christmas present. Two black holes spiraled toward one another, approaching closer and closer until they finally collided. Ripples in ...