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Clearest Gravitational-Wave Signal Lets LIGO Confirm Hawking's Area Law and Kerr Black Holes

Years of detector upgrades enabled researchers to resolve multiple post‑merger tones from a January collision, matching a black hole characterized solely by mass and spin.

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AstroSat Detects 70 Hz X-Ray Flicker Tied to Black Hole’s Corona in GRS 1915+105

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Milky Way's Core May Contain Less Dark Matter Than Estimated, MIT Study Finds

Observational Astronomy

Clearest Gravitational-Wave Signal Lets LIGO Confirm Hawking's Area Law and Kerr Black Holes

AstroSat Detects 70 Hz X-Ray Flicker Tied to Black Hole’s Corona in GRS 1915+105

Ground Telescopes Capture Polarized Microwave Light From Cosmic Dawn

Breakthrough in Black Hole Scattering Models Achieves Unprecedented Precision

New Data Suggests Dark Energy May Be Weakening, Challenging Cosmological Models

Scientists Solve Longstanding Puzzle of Electron Acceleration in Space

Astronomers Trace High-Energy Cosmic-Ray Electrons to Nearby Sources

Milky Way's Core May Contain Less Dark Matter Than Estimated, MIT Study Finds