Amy Rankine is a PhD candidate in the Institute of Astronomy and a member of Clare Hall. Here, she tells us about being the first in her family to go...
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...
Some of the biggest names in science took part in a special public event yesterday (2 July) to celebrate the life and work of Stephen Hawking, on the...
Astronomers have observed two black holes in nearby galaxies devouring their companion stars at an extremely high rate, and spitting out matter at a...
Researchers have successfully simulated how a ring-shaped black hole could cause general relativity to break down: assuming the universe contains at...
New window on the universe is opened with the observation of gravitational waves – ripples in spacetime – caused by the collision of two black holes...
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