Potential energy is stored energy. Potential energy is the energy that exists by virtue of the relative positions (configurations) of the objects within a physical system. This form of energy has ...

Spanish scientists have developed a groundbreaking formula using the gravitational bending of light to pinpoint celestial objects, including potentially dangerous asteroids. This enhances asteroid ...

Scientists have discovered that gravitational waves could turn neutron stars into cosmic tuning forks with characteristic reverberations that reveal their interiors.

Learn about and revise gravity, weight, mass and gravitational potential energy with GCSE Bitesize Combined Science.

Until now, our only source of gravitational waves has been binary star systems. Researchers from Northwestern University have potentially discovered a new non-binary source of gravitational waves ...

On May 24 the National Science Foundation–funded Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) will resume its hunt for gravitational waves—tiny, periodic variations in the ...