black holes

An artist's concept of what a neutron star collision would look like. Credit: Illustration by Robin Dienel courtesy of the Carnegie Institution for Science

LIGO and Telescopes Spot Spectacular Neutron Star Cataclysm in Record-Breaking Discovery

Sandhya Ramesh 16/10/2017

Two neutron stars collided in space, unleashing a deadly...

The VIRGO Observatory. Credit: The Virgo collaboration/CCO 1.0

Gravitational Waves From Colliding Black Holes Detected for Fourth Time – With Many Firsts

Vasudevan Mukunth 28/09/2017

We are getting a glimpse of the power of...

Black holes, monsters in space

Black Holes Are Even Stranger Than You Can Imagine

Alister Graham 14/02/2017

Black holes have fascinated the human mind since they...

Vishveshwara

Remembering C.V. Vishveshwara, the Quasimodo of Black Holes

Parameswaran Ajith 20/01/2017

Vishveshwara inspired several generations of Indian physicists. Many of...

Laser Interferometer Gravitational-waves Observatory, LIGO India, gravitational waves, Albert Einstein, Kip Thorne, numerical relativity, Andrew Jackson, quantum physics, interference, Fabry-Perot interferometer, Sanjeev Dhurandhar, Sabine Hossenfelder, neutron stars, neutron star merger, multi-messenger astronomy, ASTROSAT, Niels Bohr Institute,

Gravitational Waves Will Bring the Extreme Universe into View

Daniel Hoak 06/09/2016

The thousands of signals that should soon be observed...