A force to be reckoned with
Gravity is one of the universe's great mysteries. We decided to find out why.
Think you know what gravity is? Think again. New research is revealing how little we know about this most mysterious of forces.
First detection of gravitational waves and light produced by colliding neutron stars
In a galaxy far away, two dead stars begin a final spiral into a massive collision. The resulting explosion unleashes a huge burst of energy, sending ripples across the very fabric of space. In the nuclear cauldron of the collision, atoms are ripped apart to form entirely new elements and scattered outward across the Universe.
LIGO detects gravitational waves for third time
Results confirm new population of black holes.
New insights found in black hole collisions
New research provides revelations about the most energetic event in the universe — the merging of two spinning, orbiting black holes into a much larger black hole.