An underwater observatory recently detected a startlingly energetic cosmic neutrino. One possible cause involves a phenomenon ...

A view of the central region of the Perseus galaxy cluster, one of the most massive objects in the universe, shows the ...

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A science-based look at what theories suggest about the interior of black holes, and why their true nature remains one of ...

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Now, in the journal Physical Review Letters, researchers say their ability to analyze gravitational waves has improved so much over the past decade that they were recently able to verify a key idea ...

They’re the boogeymen of science fiction, a paradox of science and quite possibly a key to understanding the universe. Scientists have been scrambling to understand the mysterious forces of black ...

The catastrophic collision of a black hole and a neutron star sent ripples across the universe. New analysis of those ripples ...

This is the first confirmed case of a star that survived an encounter with a supermassive black hole and came back for more. This discovery upends conventional wisdom about such tidal disruption ...

If you value independent local news, become a sustainer today. Your gift could help unlock a $1M challenge. On Sept. 14, 2015, physicists attained the long-sought goal of detecting gravitational waves ...

On Sept. 14, 2015, physicists attained the long-sought goal of detecting gravitational waves, the shockwaves spewed out by such cataclysmic events as the violent merger of two black holes. Now, in the ...