SYFY WIRE LIGO Was GW190521 the result of eccentric, non-aligned black holes merging? New analysis of a big merger yields strange results. By Phil Plait 1 year ago There’s gold in them thar colliding neutron stars Grab your pickaxe and space ship! By Cassidy Ward 1 year ago Gargantuan black holes could be growing and growing as the universe expands Unexpectedly huge black holes might have gotten gargantuan from the universe expanding. By Elizabeth Rayne 1 year ago The Universe is shaking: 39 new gravitational wave events added to the list By Phil Plait 2 years ago The biggest black hole merger ever detected rocked the Universe and left behind a mystery By Phil Plait 3 years ago A big black hole just ate a much smaller black hole. Or a neutron star. Maybe. By Phil Plait 3 years ago Two black holes merged into one, singing in tune the whole time By Phil Plait 3 years ago *FOUR* new black hole mergers have been found blasting out gravitational waves! By Phil Plait 4 years ago Last year, two merging neutron stars rocked astronomy. Now it looks like they left behind a black hole. By Phil Plait 5 years ago Ho hum, just another black hole merger that blasted out soul-crushing amounts of energy and shook the fabric of reality By Phil Plait 5 years ago Load More
Was GW190521 the result of eccentric, non-aligned black holes merging? New analysis of a big merger yields strange results. By Phil Plait 1 year ago
There’s gold in them thar colliding neutron stars Grab your pickaxe and space ship! By Cassidy Ward 1 year ago
Gargantuan black holes could be growing and growing as the universe expands Unexpectedly huge black holes might have gotten gargantuan from the universe expanding. By Elizabeth Rayne 1 year ago
The Universe is shaking: 39 new gravitational wave events added to the list By Phil Plait 2 years ago
The biggest black hole merger ever detected rocked the Universe and left behind a mystery By Phil Plait 3 years ago
A big black hole just ate a much smaller black hole. Or a neutron star. Maybe. By Phil Plait 3 years ago
*FOUR* new black hole mergers have been found blasting out gravitational waves! By Phil Plait 4 years ago
Last year, two merging neutron stars rocked astronomy. Now it looks like they left behind a black hole. By Phil Plait 5 years ago
Ho hum, just another black hole merger that blasted out soul-crushing amounts of energy and shook the fabric of reality By Phil Plait 5 years ago