Understanding singularities is key to resolving gaps in physics, with theories like string theory and causal set theory ...

Capella Edina’s composer in residence, James Clay has his third work for the orchestra premiered, Afterland, a work for ...

In 1971, Stephen Hawking theorized that a black hole's event horizon can never shrink. Recently, LIGO confirmed this by observing two black holes merging on January 14, 2025. The resulting black ...

An exceptionally loud collision between two black holes has been detected by the LIGO gravitational wave observatory, ...

Ten years after LIGO’s historical detection of gravitational waves, the project is cracking black hole mysteries at an astounding pace.

Ripples in spacetime sent hurtling through the universe when two black holes smash into each other — a phenomenon predicted by Albert Einstein — have confirmed a theory proposed by fellow physicist ...

(N. Fischer/MAX PLANCK INSTISTUTE FOR GRAVITATIONAL PHYSICS/AFP) Ripples in spacetime sent hurtling through the universe when two black holes smash into each other -- a phenomenon predicted by Albert ...

Patricia Schmidt receives funding from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) through grants ST/V005677/1 and ST/Y00423X/1, and The Royal Society through a Research Grant RG\R1\241327. Geraint Pratten is ...

"GW250114 is the loudest gravitational wave event we have detected to date; it was like a whisper becoming a shout." ...

Ten years ago, astronomers made history when they first detected ripples in spacetime, called gravitational waves, from the ...