Physicists embark on a hunt for a long-sought quantum glow
A new approach could make it possible to detect the elusive Unruh effect in hours, rather than billions of years.
A new approach could make it possible to detect the elusive Unruh effect in hours, rather than billions of years.
The discovery, based on an unusual event dubbed “the Cow,” may offer astronomers a new way to spot infant compact objects.
Mergers between two neutron stars have produced more heavy elements in last 2.5 billion years than mergers between neutron stars and black holes.
Study offers evidence, based on gravitational waves, to show that the total area of a black hole’s event horizon can never decrease.
In a 3Q, Salvatore Vitale describes how gravitational-wave signals suggest black holes completely devoured their companion neutron stars.
Faculty from the departments of Physics and of Nuclear Science and Engineering faculty were selected for the Early Career Research Program.
Regardless of size, all black holes experience similar accretion cycles, a new study finds.
Four MIT undergraduates whose research areas explore artificial intelligence, space, and climate change honored for their academic achievements.
Certain ultralight bosons would be expected to put the brakes on black holes, but new results show no such slowdown.
New image of M87 reveals how it looks in polarized light.
Identifying primordial ripples would be key to understanding the conditions of the early universe.
MIT postdoc finds the angle at which we view neutron star collisions could significantly impact age measurements.
Nicholas Demos, a first-generation college graduate and MathWorks Fellow in MIT’s Kavli Institute, is improving our ability to listen to the cosmos.
Physics professor receives one of the most prestigious nongovernmental awards for early-career scientists.
MIT alumna and two others honored for discoveries in black hole physics.