This was the first direct measurement of gravitational waves ever, as predicted by Einstein.
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This discovery finally points to the source of Earth’s precious heavy elements, also proves Einstein correct in more ways than one.
From what it’s expanding into to whether things are moving faster-than-light, this clears up some of our greatest misconceptions. “The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders […]
Images taken 20 years apart show the rate of evaporation, and they’ll take much more than mere thousands of years to destroy. In 1995, the Hubble Space Telescope snapped one of […]
If you want to know how we get something from nothing, you’d better understand what we mean! When we look around at our world and Universe today, we talk and think […]
Multiple teams of scientists can’t agree on how fast the Universe expands. Dark matter may unlock why. There’s an enormous controversy in astrophysics today over how quickly the Universe is expanding. […]
The answer lies billions of years in the past. “Dark matter or invisible element?You decide.” –Toba Beta When we look out at the luminous matter in the Universe — stars, galaxies, clusters of […]
These scientists scooped up the Nobel by detecting a ripple in space-time.
Gravitational waves and spacetime ripples have so much more to do with the Universe than just merging black holes. “The years of searching in the dark for a truth that one […]
Scientists discover unusual galaxies that raise questions about Einstein’s theory of gravity and the existence of dark matter.
Get ready for a decade of scientific revelations. Thanks to gravity waves, we have a completely new way to explore the universe.
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You know what would make LEGO even better? A base tape that lets you build against gravity.
With huge suites of data, we can extract plenty of signals where we know to look for them. Everything else? That’s where AI comes in. At the dawn of the 20th […]
The latest challenger to dark matter’s throne may not be so difficult to knock off, after all. This post was written by Sabine Hossenfelder. Sabine is a theoretical physicist specialized in […]
Evolution exists and exerts itself in a different way than gravity does… because natural selection is an “algorithmic force.”
Today, our visible Universe contains 2 trillion galaxies, each with billions of stars. But when did the very first one appear? When we look out at our Universe today, there are […]
If it proves true, it could heal the rift between quantum mechanics and the theory of relativity.
They’re the fastest rotators of all. So how distorted are they? There are very few objects in the Universe that stand still; almost everything we know of rotates in some way. […]
From millions of miles to millions of light years, there’s nothing else that leaves trails like this. When you point your telescope at the distant Universe, observing a faint, massive object […]
Researchers are beginning to understand the relationship between black holes and galaxies.
New research explains how to build different types of outposts in space.
What if alien life — or even intelligence — don’t look like what we’re searching for? When the original Star Trek premiered, it was revolutionary for depicting sentient, intelligent species other than humans, living […]
NASA scientists are sifting through some of the last transmissions from Cassini. And what they’re finding are kittens. You read that right.
If everything goes right, astronomy will take a magnificent leap into the future. But here’s what needs to happen first. Back in 2000, NASA held their decadal survey, choosing what would […]
A new look at the intertwined lives of two of the 20th century’s greatest minds. In the years prior to World War II, physics was in an odd, post-revolutionary state. Quantum […]
Every week, we do a little round-up of comments from the Big Think Facebook. Here’s some of the more intriguing ones of the week.
But is this really a problem for the theory? Or is it physics to the rescue? Dark matter is one of the most powerful, yet one of the most controversial, ideas […]
If it weren’t just the three space and one time dimensions, what would be different? “There is a fifth dimension, beyond that which is known to man. It is a […]
The iconic physicist warns that we’d better find another planet in the next 100 years, or humanity is screwed.
As wonderful as the evidence that supports or invalidates a theory is, it can never truly kill the ones that don’t work out. When it comes to science, we like to […]