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Largest supernova dataset hints dark energy may be changing over time
It took about 50 exploding stars to upend cosmology. Researchers mapped and measured light from Type Ia supernovae, the ...
NASA's Roman Space Telescope could discover 100,000 new cosmic explosions: 'We're definitely expecting the unexpected'
Supernovas, kilonovas, gamma-ray bursts... oh my! The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will uncover 100,000 of these ...
Physicists detect largest-ever merger of 2 black holes equal in size to 240 suns
An international team of physicists discovered the largest-ever merger of 2 black holes through a phenomenon known as ...
WA observatory in Hanford helps make stunning black hole discovery
The future of at least one of the U.S. LIGO observatories is in jeopardy as deep cuts to science programs are proposed by the ...
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Compressed air energy storage enhanced by gravity
Scientists in China have simulated an advanced adiabatic compressed air energy storage, to which they added an elastic airbag ...
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Astronomers detect the most massive black hole merger ever
Astronomers have detected the most massive black hole merger ever observed, challenging stellar evolution and black hole ...
Elissa Slotkin Wants Democrats to Reclaim Their ‘Alpha Energy’
In a wide-ranging interview, the junior senator from Michigan took stock of her party’s deep-seated woes, warning Democrats ...
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WA observatory at risk from Trump cuts helps make stunning black hole discovery
The LIGO Hanford Observatory near the Tri-Cities and its twin in Louisiana detected ripples of time and space passing through Earth from the most massive collision of black holes ever observed, a ...
Largest ever merge of 2 black holes detected in Eastern WA. ‘Extraordinary and puzzling’
The Trump administration has proposed closing either the LIGO Hanford observatory in WA or its twin in Louisiana.
There could be “dark main sequence” stars at the galactic center
The only place that's likely to happen is at the very center of our galaxy. And, for a while, there was an excess of ...
Rethinking the Big Bang: Gravity and quantum ripples may explain cosmic origins
A team of scientists led by expert Raúl Jiménez, ICREA researcher at the University of Barcelona's Institute of Cosmos ...
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LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Detect Most Massive Black Hole Merger to Date
Collaboration has detected the merger of the most massive black holes ever observed with gravitational waves, using the US National Science Foundation-funded (NSF) LIGO Hanford and Livingston ...