The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a remarkably intimate portrait of two small galaxies locked in a slow, spiraling ...

A Gravitational Lens. Galaxies in this James Webb Space Telescope image appear to be stretched into arcs and lines, their ...

A massive star may have burst, leaving behind two dense, dead cores, which then collided and caused another explosion ...

Gravitational waves from black holes may soon reveal where dark matter is hiding. A new model shows how dark matter surrounding massive black holes leaves detectable fingerprints in the waves recorded ...

A mysterious cosmic explosion linked to gravitational waves may reveal a previously unknown type of supernova event - a ...

Still, the first gravitationally lensed gravitational wave event is fascinating. The team estimates that if it truly was a ...

When two black holes merge or two neutron stars collide, gravitational waves can be generated. They spread at the speed of ...

When black holes collide, the impact radiates into space like the sound of a bell in the form of gravitational waves. But ...

For much of the twentieth century, scientists expected the expanding universe to slow over time. The opposite turned out to be true.

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Physicists have been buzzing (or rather, tweeting) about the ...

Avi Loeb discusses new radio observations, motion data, and size estimates for interstellar object 3I/ATLAS, outlining limits, uncertainties, and future observations ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. The Universe is out there, waiting for you to discover it. Back in February of 2016, LIGO made an announcement that changed our ...