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Lensing Model Recasts LIGO’s Massive Black‑Hole Merger as an Optical Illusion

The new analysis shows gravitational lensing can lower the event’s inferred mass and remove the need for exotic formation scenarios.

Helioseismology Shows Sun’s Magnetic Activity Is Becoming Confined to a Shallow Near‑Surface Layer

Team Demonstrates Single-Chip Phonon Laser for Surface Acoustic Waves

New 'Beat' Method Aims to Pinpoint Sources of Nanohertz Gravitational Waves

Astronomers Measure First Black-Hole Recoil, Tracing Newborn’s 3D Flight From 2019 Merger