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Space

The space-time echoes that point to a new theory of reality

The discovery of gravitational waves was the crowning glory of Einstein's relativity. They might now have provided the first hint of something to scupper it

Features

A visualization of a supercomputer simulation of merging black holes sending out gravitational waves

Physics

Dark matter could be produced by twisted gravitational waves

News

Illustration of colliding neutron stars

Space

Light from LIGO’s neutron star smashup just got even brighter

News

Giant star smash-up may have made the biggest neutron star ever

Space

Giant star smash-up may have made the biggest neutron star ever

News

Dark energy survives neutron star crash test while rivals fail

Space

Dark energy survives neutron star crash test while rivals fail

News

The 5 biggest discoveries from the hunt for gravitational waves

Space

The 5 biggest discoveries from the hunt for gravitational waves

News

Illustration of colliding neutron stars

Space

Gravitational waves have let us see huge neutron stars colliding

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Atomic clock

Physics

The most precise atomic clock ever made is a cube of quantum gas

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Rainer Weiss, Barry Barish and Kip Thorne

Physics

Gravitational wave discoverers win physics Nobel prize

News

Latest gravitational wave isn't from neutron stars after all

Space

Latest gravitational wave isn't from neutron stars after all

Recent speculation about the latest gravitational wave experiments suggested they may have seen a neutron star merger, but it’s another black hole smashup

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Space

Exclusive: We may have detected a new kind of gravitational wave

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Earth

Quantum gravity detector will use atom clouds to survey for oil

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Space

ESA approves gravitational-wave hunting spacecraft for 2034

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Space

LIGO’s third detection hints at how black hole binaries are born

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