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The secret of dark matter could be a particle the size of a planet

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The secret of dark matter could be a particle the size of a planet

Physicist Asimina Arvanitaki thinks big: enormous particles and a gigantic, dark-matter beacon – and knows how we might find them

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Black hole-neutron star merger

Space

LIGO may have just spotted a black hole devouring a neutron star

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One of LIGO's gravitational wave detectors

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LIGO has spotted another gravitational wave just after turning back on

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LIGO workers

Physics

The 5 biggest physics questions that LIGO's reboot could soon answer

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gravitational wave detector

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2019 Preview: Gravitational waves will be discovered every few weeks

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artists impression of merging black holes

Space

LIGO found four more pairs of black holes, including the biggest yet

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Star smash-up is yet more evidence Einstein got it right about gravity

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Star smash-up is yet more evidence Einstein got it right about gravity

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People watch the discovery announcement

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LIGO to publish new paper in wake of New Scientist investigation

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The LIGO collaboration must respond to gravitational wave criticism

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Stephen Fairhurst: Gravitational wave hunting

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Stephen Fairhurst: Gravitational wave hunting

Physicist Stephen Fairhurst on how he searches for signals from merging black holes and neutron stars.

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Physics

Exclusive: Grave doubts over LIGO's discovery of gravitational waves

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Physics

Gravitational waves from black hole pairs could act like tractor beams

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Jim Al-Khalili: A brief history of gravity

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Space

Freak gravitational waves could form black holes and destroy Earth

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