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A Surprisingly Big Black Hole Might Have Swallowed a Star From the Inside Out

Roberto Soria 01/12/2019

Astronomers using a new technique to hunt black holes...

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Astronomers Excited Over Prospect of Black Hole Feasting on a Neutron Star

Prakash Chandra 24/08/2019

Having confirmed the gravitational signature of such a cataclysmic...

Nathan Seiberg. Source: ias.edu

Interview: ‘There’s No Conflict Between Lack of Evidence of String Theory and Work Being Done on It’

Sandhya Ramesh 07/01/2018

An interview with the notable physicist Nathan Seiberg on...

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LIGO Detects Second Black Hole Merger, Sets Gravitational Wave Astronomy on Its Way

Vasudevan Mukunth 15/06/2016

The Indian members of the scientific collaboration were instrumental...

Numerical simulation of two merging black holes performed by the Albert Einstein Institute in Germany: what this rendition shows through colors is the degree of perturbation of the spacetime fabric, the so-called gravitational waves. Caption & credit: nasablueshirt/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Thirty-Seven Indians Among LIGO Scientists to Win Special Breakthrough Prize

The Wire Staff 05/05/2016

On the back of the Indian scientists' commitment, an...