Tag Archives: gravitational wave

Cracking! Some binary black holes may orbit each other in egg-shaped orbits

Black hole week ends today (May 10), and there’s no better way to mark the occasion than with “egg-casual” black hole science. Using gravitational wave measurements made by the US-based Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) and the Virgo and KAGRA detectors in Italy and Japan, scientists found that the orbits of some binary black… Read More »

Dark matter may be slowly shaking the space-time around us, and scientists may finally know how to detect it

A new theoretical study suggests that scientists may soon be able to detect the most mysterious being in the universe using a fleet of next-generation satellites. Dark matter – a poorly understood substance that does not emit, absorb or reflect light, but exerts a clear gravitational influence on other matter – dominates the universe. Although… Read More »