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The results reveal that our universe is reverberating with cosmic collisions. Some of the waves stem from pairs of black ...

When black holes collide, the crash generates ripples in the fabric of spacetime—gravitational waves. Thanks to a global network of observatories—called the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave ...

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Some of the most extreme explosions in the universe are Type I superluminous supernovae. “They are one of the brightest ...

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A newly derived “q-desic” equation suggests that quantum effects may subtly alter particle trajectories across the universe.

For decades, astronomers have used distant supernovae as cosmic lighthouses to test fundamental physics and to measure the ...

Astronomers have discovered a strange new signal coming from an exploding star — a “chirp” that speeds up over time, similar to the signals seen when black holes collide. The unusual pattern appeared ...