Researchers have shown that abstract mathematical functions from the frontiers of theoretical physics have a real-world use ...

A decade ago astrophysicists at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO), operated by the California ...

International team calculates observable quantities such as scattering angle and emitted energy with unrivalled precision.

A landmark study published in Nature has established a new benchmark in modelling the universe's most extreme events: the collisions of black holes ...

A study published in Nature has established a new benchmark in modeling the universe's most extreme events: the collisions of ...

Gravity may not be a fundamental force of nature, but a byproduct of the universe streamlining information like a cosmic ...

Many scientists have studied and wondered whether the universe is really nothing more than some sort of simulation. Now, one ...

Astronomical amounts of energy could be extracted from black holes—to build a gigantic bomb, for example. Experts have now ...

We have long taken it for granted that gravity is one of the basic forces of nature—one of the invisible threads that keeps ...

Dense cosmic objects like neutron stars and white dwarfs may decay faster than previously thought, challenging predictions.