A technique to sift out the universe’s first gravitational waves
Identifying primordial ripples would be key to understanding the conditions of the early universe.
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.
Analysis of Event Horizon Telescope observations from 2009 to 2017 reveals turbulent evolution of the M87* black hole image.
A binary black hole merger likely produced gravitational waves equal to the energy of eight suns.
Researchers suggest a novel process to explain the collision of a large black hole and a much smaller one.
Despite the planet’s seeming standstill, graduate students continue to use LIGO to identify astrophysical events.
A colliding star may have triggered the drastic transformation.
Signal from 500 million light years away is the first periodic pattern of radio bursts detected.
MIT Haystack Observatory researchers coauthor a paper announcing the observation of a surprising structure in a distant quasar, 3C 279.
Awards program annually recognizes three early-career scientists under 35 who have made outstanding contributions to astronomy.
Michael Calzadilla and colleagues describe a violent black hole outburst that provides new insight into galaxy cluster evolution.
With increasingly advanced data, Michael McDonald and colleagues study a galaxy cluster bursting with new stars.