Neutron Stars Make Ant Hills Out of Mountains
New research has shown that mountains on the surface of neutron stars could be millimetres tall.
Tag: LIGO
What are Gravitational Waves?
Not only do gravitational waves represent the ultimate confirmation of the theory of General Relativity, they will provide us with ...
Gravitational waves reveal largest black hole merger and the first intermediate-mass black hole
The black hole is the first object of its kind with a mass above 100 solar masses but below a ...
Double Trouble! Hunting for Supermassive Black Hole Mergers
Supermassive black holes sat at the centre of active galaxies could have company. Binary pairs of these titanic cosmic objects ...
Gravitational waves have scientists searching for answers
What's a good way to baffle astronomers? Send a 14 millisecond gravitational wave signal. At least that's what the Universe ...
Side stepping Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle isn’t easy
The uncertainty principle provides a constant hindrance to the sensitivity of equipment such as LIGO's interferometer and new research shows, ...
Scientists to announce more details about gravitational waves
It could be something heavy, so tune in!