Astrophysics

An unprecedented signal from unevenly sized objects gives astronomers rare insight into how black holes spin

A flare predicted for this spring could confirm the object is indeed two monstrous black holes coming together

Gravitational waves attributed to the collision of two neutron stars could have been produced by something much stranger

Anomalous motions of stars orbiting our galaxy’s central supermassive black hole might reveal the existence of long-hypothesized tunnels through spacetime

First major result from South Africa’s pioneering MeerKAT radio telescope reveals remnants of energetic explosions at the galaxy’s center

The theory, which emerged in the 1970s as a way to unify the fundamental forces of nature, has profoundly shaped the landscape of particle physics

After more than a decade of effort, a global network of radio telescopes revealed the first-ever picture of an enigmatic hole in spacetime

The Event Horizon Telescope captures one of the universe’s most mysterious objects

Stemming from the “F-theory” branch of string theory, each solution replicates key features of the standard model of particle physics

Subjective experience must inform physics and philosophy, but it should be assessed carefully

Untangling the origins of organisms will require experiments at the tiniest scales and observations at the vastest

New results from the gravitational wave observatory hint that black holes move in mysterious ways