In an article published in Physical Review Letters on Thursday, scientists carried out an innovative study testing the existence of mirror asymmetries in our universe by studying the handedness of the ...

The size and spin of black holes can reveal how and where they were born, and gravitational waves offer a way to decode this ...

A new study suggests that the cosmic web could have formed without relying on inflation driven by a scalar field. Instead, it ...

Neutron stars, the dense remains of massive stars that have exploded in supernovae, are some of the most fascinating objects ...

The size and spin of black holes can reveal how they are formed and where they were born. You can tell a lot about a human being's ancestry from their general characteristics. A child can have ...

Gravity waves have to involve a trigger. Whether it’s a mountain range or a thunderstorm updraft. It’s key that the air rises ...

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Gravitational wave observations have revolutionized our understanding of black holes, revealing crucial details about their ...

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This week, scientists with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute reported that a key current, the Atlantic Meridional ...

Like stretch marks left on skin that expanded too quickly or cracks embedded in freezing ice, cosmic strings are artifacts of ...

MIT astronomers have been captivated by the strange behaviors of a supermassive black located 270 million light-years away, ...