Distant quasars may hold the key to spotting elusive gravitational waves—and revealing hidden dimensions of the universe.

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.

Finding out whether gravity – and therefore space-time itself – is quantum in nature has long been thought impossible. But ...

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

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

The finding could explain the long-running mystery of why the surfaces of the lunar near and far sides are so different.

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

In the quantum world, observing a particle is not a passive act. If you shine light on a quantum object to measure its ...

Dark matter, though invisible, weighs heavily on how we understand the universe. Its gravity sculpts galaxies, holds clusters ...

Astrophysicist Jeremy Darling from the University of Colorado Boulder is on a quest to find a new way of measuring the ...