The first-ever detection of gravitational waves was made 10 years ago today (Sept. 14). In celebration, Space.com takes you ...

A decade after the first discovery, scientists have used these waves to find a unique merger, a massive binary system and a ...

In a significant breakthrough, astronomers have recently discovered a “ghost star” nestled within the remnants of a supernova ...

The most luminous kilonova candidate to date (short gamma-ray burst 200522A) was detected using the Hubble Space Telescope, ...

Multi-Messenger Probes of Dark Matter and Modified Gravity was held at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, from ...

Gravitational-wave astronomy has exploded since 2015, capturing hundreds of black hole and neutron star collisions. With ever ...

Observatory goes online later this decade, it will create one of science's biggest data challenges. The SKA Observatory is a global radio telescope project built in the Southern Hemisphere. There, ...

In the universe, thermonuclear fusion is a common reaction: it is the source of energy for stars. On Earth, producing energy ...

Ten years ago, astronomers made an epic discovery with the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory. Cosmology ...

Back in 1971, the late physicist Stephen Hawking made an intriguing prediction: The total surface area of a black hole cannot decrease, only increase or remain stable. So if two black holes combine, ...

Ten years ago this weekend, a team of Eastern Washington astronomers changed the way scientists study the universe.