Gravitational Waves Discovered from Colliding Black Holes
The LIGO experiment has confirmed Albert Einstein’s prediction of ripples in spacetime and promises to open a new era of astrophysics
The LIGO experiment has confirmed Albert Einstein’s prediction of ripples in spacetime and promises to open a new era of astrophysics
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A live Webcast Wednesday evening will discuss the latest science of neutron stars—some of the densest and weirdest objects in space
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The LIGO experiment hunts for gravitational waves that are different from those sought by BICEP2. Although both types are elusive, they differ in age and strength—and come from very different places...
Mathematicians often see more than cold logic in symbols and numbers. They see the sublime
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Scientists discuss the plight of women and minorities in the wake of a scandal over harassment by a prominent researcher
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The gigantic accelerator in Europe has produced hints of an exotic particle that defies the known laws of physics
Astrochemists are discovering many compounds in the cosmos that cannot exist on Earth
A live webcast Wednesday evening will demonstrate how radioactive chemicals can provide a window on disease within the body
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Astronomers get closer to an explanation for the unexpected abundance of gamma rays at the core of our galaxy...
In October two discoverers of neutrino oscillations won the Nobel Prize. Now their full teams and those of several other experiments on the strange particles share a $3-million award
Nobel laureate David Wineland will discuss efforts to build the universe’s most accurate timekeeper
Takaaki Kajita and Arthur B. McDonald share the 2015 award for the discovery that neutrino particles can change “flavor”—and, unexpectedly, have mass
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