Scientists detect radio echoes of a black hole feeding on a star
Signals suggest black hole emits a jet of energy proportional to the stellar material it gobbles up.
Signals suggest black hole emits a jet of energy proportional to the stellar material it gobbles up.
Emitted just 180 million years after Big Bang, signal indicates universe was much colder than expected.
MIT's Mark Vogelsberger and an international astrophysics team have created a new model pointing to black holes’ role in galaxy formation.
The planetary system’s dense configuration gives clues to its formation
Findings present a puzzle as to how such a huge object could have grown so quickly.
Theoretical analysis uncovers new mechanisms in plasma turbulence.
Team of professional and citizen scientists identifies tails of comets streaking past a distant star.
Mavalvala, Evans, Frebel, Katsavounidis, and Vitale discuss the science behind LIGO's observations of a neutron star collision.
Professor of physics describes our understanding of the expansion of the universe through “standard sirens.”
Discovery marks first cosmic event observed in both gravitational waves and light.
LIGO inventor and professor emeritus of physics recognized “for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves.”
Finding represents first joint detection of gravitational waves with both detectors.
Observations and modeling suggest TRAPPIST-1 exoplanets may have held onto water, billions of years after their formation.
Findings suggest two mechanisms may have powered the moon’s ancient churning, molten core.
MIT Kavli Institute scientists help conduct one of the largest-ever studies of molecular gas in distant galaxy clusters.