Using ripples in space-time predicted by Einstein, a team of researchers has detected a cosmic merger of unprecedented ...

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International researchers have, for the first time, pinpointed the moment when planets began to form around a star beyond the ...

Exploring the quest for alien life through Bayesian analysis, emphasizing the importance of asking the right questions in ...

“It’s the most massive [merger] so far,” says Mark Hannam, a physicist at Cardiff University, UK, and part of the LVK ...

The very concept of black holes seems improbable. Albert Einstein infamously refused to believe they could exist, even though ...

The world's most powerful telescopes, including the James Webb Space Telescope and FAST, are revolutionizing our ...

Centimeter-sized pebbles have been detected in protoplanetary discs using e‑MERLIN, filling in a critical phase of planet ...

The proposed next generation of gravitational wave detectors will require hundreds of kilometers of ultrahigh vacuum beam ...

The double star system is called HD 135344 AB and it's about 440 light-years away from Earth. A and B are both young stars, ...

New observations from England’s e-MERLIN interferometer telescope array display cosmic pebbles that will one day grow into ...

A fascinating glimpse into how a solar system like our own is born has been revealed with the detection of planet-forming ...