The GWTC 4.0 catalog records 128 new gravitational wave signals, revealing mergers of black holes and neutron stars detected by LIGO.
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Meanwhile, your entire existence (and the existence of any object) can be plotted on what’s called a world line, a curving path through spacetime starting at your birth and ending at your death. A ...
The strong nuclear force may abruptly loosen its grip on the fundamental particles that make up matter at a special “critical ...
According to a new Physical Review Letters study, black holes could help solve the dark matter mystery. The shadowy regions ...
Calling James Cameron a science fiction legend is an understatement of the highest order. Not only has he crafted iconic film ...
Our readers agree that in the unlikely event you were able to approach a neutron star, it would look very smooth and bright ...
Astronomers have captured the clearest picture yet of how massive stars are born, revealing a dramatic interplay between ...
In a new study, a team of astronomers report that they have captured the most detailed glimpse yet of a red supergiant before ...
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope may have found the universe’s first “dark stars.” Within the first few ...
In a recent breakthrough, the XRISM mission has uncovered a puzzling cosmic phenomenon—a slow, dense wind emanating from the ...