Gravity
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'Tsunami' of gravitational waves sets record for most ever space-time ripples detected
By Ben Turner published
The waves allow for vital glimpses of objects that don't produce much light.
New gravitational wave detector picks up possible signal from the beginning of time
By Adam Mann published
Physicists turned on a new type of gravitational-wave sensor and saw two intriguing results, but they aren't yet ready to claim a discovery.
Traversable wormholes are possible under certain gravity conditions
By Paul Sutter published
Certain weird gravity conditions would make it possible to travel through a wormhole and back.
Why does gravity pull us down and not up?
By Mario Borunda published
Here's why the force of gravity pulls us down rather than up. The answer involves Einstein and the bendy realm of space-time.
Neutron star 'mountains' may be blocking our view of mysterious gravitational waves
By Harry Baker published
Scientists have used computer models to predict the size of minuscule deformations, or mountains, on the surfaces of neutron stars, which are responsible for causing gravitational waves as they spin.
Physicists measure the tiniest gravitational force ever
By Ben Turner published
The experiment could be a trial for many more even smaller ones probing the long-kept secrets of quantum scale gravity.
'Gravity portals' could morph dark matter into ordinary matter, astrophysicists propose
By Paul Sutter published
Astrophysicists have a wild idea to explain the bizarre abundance of super-high-energy radiation shooting from the center of our galaxy: gravity portals.
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