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Scientists Claim First Detection of Black Hole Event-Horizon 'Direct Wave'

If validated, the isolated direct wave would give astronomers a new way to measure the black hole’s near-horizon rotation and to test general relativity.

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New Method Uses Black Hole Signals to Fix Gravitational-Wave Detector Errors

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New Gravitational-Wave Model Flags Possible Dark-Matter Imprint in One Black-Hole Merger

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Study Points to Tight Supermassive Black Hole Binary in Markarian 501

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3mo ago

Quantum Gravity Model Embeds Inflation in Gravity, Sets Floor for Primordial Waves

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3mo ago

Eccentric Orbit Confirmed in Neutron Star–Black Hole Merger GW200105

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Magnetar ‘Chirp’ Identified in Superluminous Supernova as Short GRB Localized to Tidal-Stream Dwarf

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Brightest Blue Cosmic Flash Linked to Black Hole Tearing Apart a Massive Star, Studies Find

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JWST Confirms Runaway Supermassive Black Hole Traveling at About 1,000 km/s

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7mo ago

LVK’s 2024 Black-Hole Mergers Now Tied to a Low-Mass, Fast-Spinning Subpopulation

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7mo ago

SALT Marks 20 Years as South Africa Reaffirms Backing for a Global Science Anchor

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9mo ago

Optica Study Demonstrates FROSTI, a Thermal Adaptive Optics System for LIGO

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9mo ago

Wormhole Hypothesis Revives 2019 Wave Mystery as New Data Bolster Black‑Hole Physics

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9mo ago

Peer-Reviewed GW250114 Analysis Confirms Kerr Black Holes and Hawking’s Area Law

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LIGO’s Loudest Black-Hole Merger Confirms Hawking’s Area Theorem and Kerr Predictions

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

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11mo ago

Most Massive Black Hole Merger Confirmed by LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Yields 225-Solar-Mass Remnant

Gravitational Waves

Scientists Claim First Detection of Black Hole Event-Horizon 'Direct Wave'

New Method Uses Black Hole Signals to Fix Gravitational-Wave Detector Errors

New Gravitational-Wave Model Flags Possible Dark-Matter Imprint in One Black-Hole Merger

Study Points to Tight Supermassive Black Hole Binary in Markarian 501

Quantum Gravity Model Embeds Inflation in Gravity, Sets Floor for Primordial Waves

Eccentric Orbit Confirmed in Neutron Star–Black Hole Merger GW200105

Magnetar ‘Chirp’ Identified in Superluminous Supernova as Short GRB Localized to Tidal-Stream Dwarf

Brightest Blue Cosmic Flash Linked to Black Hole Tearing Apart a Massive Star, Studies Find

JWST Confirms Runaway Supermassive Black Hole Traveling at About 1,000 km/s

LVK’s 2024 Black-Hole Mergers Now Tied to a Low-Mass, Fast-Spinning Subpopulation

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SALT Marks 20 Years as South Africa Reaffirms Backing for a Global Science Anchor

Optica Study Demonstrates FROSTI, a Thermal Adaptive Optics System for LIGO

Wormhole Hypothesis Revives 2019 Wave Mystery as New Data Bolster Black‑Hole Physics

Peer-Reviewed GW250114 Analysis Confirms Kerr Black Holes and Hawking’s Area Law

LIGO’s Loudest Black-Hole Merger Confirms Hawking’s Area Theorem and Kerr Predictions

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

JWST Detects Oldest Active Quasar and Direct-Collapse Black Hole Seed

LVK Confirms Record-Breaking 225-Solar-Mass Black Hole Merger

Record-Breaking 225-Solar-Mass Black Hole Merger Challenges Formation Models

Most Massive Black Hole Merger Confirmed by LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Yields 225-Solar-Mass Remnant

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