Einstein's Theory of General Relativity Archives

Dense Star Clusters Could be the Places Where Black Hole Mergers are Common

12 Apr , 2018 by Matt Williams

According to a new study by an international team of astronomers, black hole mergers are common in globular star clusters

Astronomers Figure Out How Black Holes Can Blast Out Relativistic Jets of Material Across Light Years of Space

12 Jan , 2018 by Matt Williams

Thanks to a recent study by an international team of researchers, scientists now know why rapidly-spinning black holes blast out jets of charged particles.

What is the Gravitational Microlensing Method?

2 Jan , 2018 by Matt Williams

The Gravitational Microlensing method relies on rare events (one star passing in front of another) to focus light and search for exoplanets.

LIGO Scientists who Detected Gravitational Waves Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics

4 Oct , 2017 by Matt Williams

For their immeasurable contributions to the discovery of gravitational waves, Caltech professors Kip S. Thorne and Barry C. Barish, and MIT professor emeritus Rainer Weiss, were awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics.

In February 2016, LIGO detected gravity waves for the first time. As this artist's illustration depicts, the gravitational waves were created by merging black holes. The third detection just announced was also created when two black holes merged. Credit: LIGO/A. Simonnet.

LIGO and Virgo Observatories Detect Black Holes Colliding

28 Sep , 2017 by Matt Williams

The Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo detectors recently made the first simultaneous detection of gravitational waves, ushering in a new era of research.

Gravitational Waves will let us see Inside Stars as Supernovae Happen

11 Sep , 2017 by Matt Williams

A new study by an international team of astrophysicists has demonstrated that gravitational waves could be detected coming from exploding stars

Cosmic Census Says There Could be 100 Million Black Holes in our Galaxy Alone

11 Aug , 2017 by Matt Williams

A new study by a team from UCI indicates that black hole mergers could be very common, which has implications for the study of black holes and gravitational waves

Stars Orbiting Supermassive Black Hole Show Einstein was Right Again!

11 Aug , 2017 by Matt Williams

A team of European astronomers accurately measured the orbit of a star around the supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky way, thus confirming predictions made by Einstein’s theory of General Relativity.

Astronomers Measure the Mass of a White Dwarf, and Prove Einstein was Right… Again

8 Jun , 2017 by Matt Williams

Using the Hubble Space Telescope, a team of NASA astronomers has repeated an old experiment that was used to confirm General Relativity

Do Gravitational Waves Permanently Alter the Nature of Spacetime?

23 May , 2017 by Matt Williams

A new study by a team of researchers from Monash University argues that gravitational waves may permanently alter the fabric of spacetime.

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