New Scientist ranks the top 10 discoveries of the decade
18 December 2019
The 2010s saw huge advancements across science and technology. Relive the best moments with our definitive ranking of the decade
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LIGO may have seen its first black hole and neutron star collision
21 August 2019
LIGO has probably seen the collision of a black hole and neutron star. That would mean it has spotted all three types of cosmic event it was designed to
Stephen Fairhurst: Gravitational wave hunting
31 October 2018
Physicist Stephen Fairhurst on how he searches for signals from merging black holes and neutron stars.
Giant star smash-up may have made the biggest neutron star ever
9 November 2017
The collision that produced recent gravitational waves may have left behind the biggest neutron star ever seen. But it might have collapsed into a black hole
The 5 biggest discoveries from the hunt for gravitational waves
18 October 2017
Detecting gravitational waves has given us a new way to observe the universe by listening to ripples in space-time. Here are five of the biggest finds from LIGO
LIGO’s third detection hints at how black hole binaries are born
1 June 2017
The latest signal from the gravitational wave detector backs up Einstein’s theory of general relativity and gives more clues on how black holes get their spin
