gravitational waves

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Why a New Idea to Search for Extra Dimensions in the Pulse of Spacetime Is Turning Heads

Vasudevan Mukunth 07/07/2017

If physicists do find that gravitational waves have travelled...

This image shows a numerical simulation of a binary black hole merger with masses and spins consistent with the third and most recent LIGO observation. Caption and credit: University of Maryland

India’s Star Rises Higher With LIGO’s Third Gravitational Wave Detection

Vasudevan Mukunth 01/06/2017

Indian physicists verified a century-old prediction and then used...

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Black Holes Are Even Stranger Than You Can Imagine

Alister Graham 14/02/2017

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

A headline has at least two responsibilities: to be cognisant of an interesting scientific idea, perhaps nuanced, as well as to quickly captivate the reader. Credit: thomasleuthard/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

What is a Headline’s Relationship With an Article About Uncertainty?

Vasudevan Mukunth 19/12/2016

Many articles are beginning to deal with objects that...

Statues at the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics. Credit: IUCAA

Interview: LIGO’s Role in Founding a New Ethic Among Indian Scientists

Scharada Dubey 11/09/2016

Tarun Souradeep on the LIGO India collaboration, and whether...

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...

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Interview: Sanjeev Dhurandhar, a Doyen of Gravitational Wave Physics in India

Scharada Dubey 08/08/2016

Sanjeev Dhurandhar is one of the giants of gravitational...