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Gravitational waves are energy-carrying waves produced by the acceleration or disturbance of massive objects. These waves, ...

Researchers have designed a new type of gravitational wave detector that operates in the milli-Hertz range, a region ...

Scientists have detected a “Great Wave” which is traveling across the Milky Way galaxy’s centre and responsible for pushing ...

New approach to detecting gravitational waves in the milli-Hertz frequency range - providing access to space phenomena that ...

Astronomers have captured the first radio image of two supermassive black holes orbiting each other within the quasar OJ287, ...

The first supermoon of 2025 took place on October 6, 2025. But if you missed the event, it's happening two more times this ...

For the past decade, gravitational wave astronomy has opened our eyes to amazing cosmic phenomena thanks to LIGO, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory. Bob McDonald celebrates LIGO ...

A team of scientists from the Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF) in Italy, led by astronomer Eloisa Poggio, looked ...

Dracula orchids, also called monkey orchids, look like a face hidden in nature.

Life truly is radiant, according to an experiment conducted by researchers from the University of Calgary and the National ...