Over 100 Years Later, Astronomers Finally ...

Over 100 Years Later, Astronomers Finally Have a Clear View of Einstein's Wildest Theory

Inverse - Sun 28 May 23

After a three-year hiatus, scientists in the U.S. have just turned on detectors capable of measuring gravitational waves — tiny ripples in space itself that travel through the universe.Unlike ...

Gravitational wave detector LIGO is back online after 3 years of upgrades, Phys.org - Tue 23 May 23

Daily briefing: Quantum computers are all ‘terrible’ — but researchers aren’t worried

Nature News - Fri 26 May 23

Nature, Published online: 25 May 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-01761-zEven the scientists who have made quantum computers their life’s work say they can’t do anything useful ...

The LIGO observatory is finally back, now with double the sensitivity

Interesting Engineering - Thu 25 May 23

The ...

New array starts scanning for exceedingly rare gravitational-wave sources, Interesting Engineering - Wed 17 May 23
New atlas of five nearby ‘stellar nurseries’ provides insight into star birth, Interesting Engineering - Thu 11 May 23

LIGO is back — and can now spot more colliding black holes than ever

Nature News - Wed 24 May 23

Nature, Published online: 24 May 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-01732-4The twin gravitational-wave detectors have started a new observation run after a major upgrade.

Element creation in the lab deepens understanding of surface explosions on neutron stars

Phys.org - Tue 23 May 23

Led by Kelly Chipps of the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, scientists working in the lab have produced a signature nuclear reaction that occurs on the surface of a neutron ...

Element creation in the lab deepens understanding of surface explosions on neutron stars, SpaceDaily - Thu 25 May 23
Element creation in the lab deepens understanding of surface explosions on neutron stars, Science Blog - Wed 24 May 23
Element creation in the lab deepens understanding of surface explosions on neutron stars, ScienceDaily - Tue 23 May 23
Element creation in the lab deepens understanding of surface explosions on neutron stars, Newswise - Tue 23 May 23
Element creation in the lab deepens understanding of surface explosions on neutron stars, Scienmag - Tue 23 May 23
Element creation in the lab deepens understanding of surface explosions on neutron stars, Eurekalert - Tue 23 May 23

Radiant protostars and shadowy clouds clash in stellar nursery

Phys.org - Fri 19 May 23

The massive, star-forming interstellar cloud Lupus 3 is captured with the 570-megapixel US Department of Energy-fabricated Dark Energy Camera at NSF's NOIRLab's Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory ...

Radiant Protostars and Shadowy Clouds Clash in Stellar Nursery, Newswise - Thu 18 May 23
Radiant protostars and shadowy clouds clash in stellar nursery, Eurekalert - Thu 18 May 23

A strange quark matter core likely exists in neutron stars

Phys.org - Thu 18 May 23

At the end of a star's life, nuclear fusion ceases, and the resulting pressure is no longer sufficient to counteract the gravitational force. This collapse can lead to the formation of neutron ...

New trio of telescopes scans the southern sky for gravitational waves

New Atlas - Wed 17 May 23

The new BlackGEM telescopic array at the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO’s) La Silla Observatory in Chile has officially begun scanning the southern skies, searching for the sources ...

Damage delays restart of Italy's giant gravitational wave detector

Science - Tue 16 May 23

Hunt for cosmic collisions resumes without Virgo detector, limiting research

BlackGEM telescopes begin hunt for gravitational-wave sources at ESO's La Silla Observatory

Phys.org - Tue 16 May 23

The BlackGEM array, consisting of three new telescopes located at ESO's La Silla Observatory, has begun operations. The telescopes will scan the southern sky to hunt down the cosmic events that ...

BlackGEM telescopes begin hunt for gravitational-wave sources at ESO's La Silla Observatory, Eurekalert - Tue 16 May 23

New images reveal the magnetic fields in the Horsehead Nebula

Phys.org - Mon 15 May 23

Located near the summit of Maunakea, Hawaii, the 15-meter (~49 ft) James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT) at the East Asia Observatory (EAO) is the largest telescope in the world designed to operate ...

Strange-matter observation points to existence of diquarks in baryons

Physics World - Mon 15 May 23

Extensive analysis of data gathered almost 20 years ago has led to a surprising discovery: that strange matter can be formed when a single photon is absorbed simultaneously by two quarks. The ...

Stunning Mosaics Piece Together Previously Unseen Details of Star Birth

Inverse - Thu 11 May 23

Though nebulae host swaths of bright stars, they still find a way to obscure their secrets.Thick dust and gas clouds, which are the lifeblood of these stellar nurseries, cast a murky haze over ...

ESO telescope reveals hidden views of vast stellar nurseries

Phys.org - Thu 11 May 23

Using ESO's Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA), astronomers have created a vast infrared atlas of five nearby stellar nurseries by piecing together more than one million ...

ESO telescope reveals hidden views of vast stellar nurseries, SpaceDaily - Fri 12 May 23
ESO telescope reveals hidden views of vast stellar nurseries, Eurekalert - Thu 11 May 23

Astronomers find ‘objects that no one has ever seen before’ in incredible new space observations

The Independent - Thu 11 May 23

New ‘atlas’, made up of more than a million images, could help solve mysteries of the birth of stars

New space survey uncovers hidden dance of stellar nurseries

Cosmos Magazine - Thu 11 May 23

A huge European Space Organisation survey has gathered more than a million images of five stellar nurseries, revealing the secret lives of young stars in the making. “In these images ...

AI is helping astronomers make new discoveries about the universe faster than ever before

SPACE.com - Fri 26 May 23

AI has now spread into every field of astronomy and is helping astronomers learn more about the universe at an astonishing rate. ...

A Massive Gravitational Wave Observatory Is Returning to Action

Gizmodo - Thu 25 May 23

After a prolonged absence from the gravitational-wave-detection scene, the massive LIGO project is back up and running.Read more...

Gravitational wave lab LIGO roars back online to detect the oldest black hole collisions ever seen

Livescience - Thu 25 May 23

LIGO has been upgraded to observe gigantic black hole mergers 5 billion light-years away. ...

Black holes beware: Gravitational wave detector back online after 3 year hiatus

Salon - Wed 24 May 23

LIGO is back online. How the world’s most sensitive yardstick reveals the secrets of the universe

LIGO Gravitational Wave Detector Is Back and Even More Sensitive

Extremetech - Wed 24 May 23

After three years of upgrade work, LIGO is back on the hunt for gravitational waves.

Gravitational-Wave Search Resumes after Three Years and Lots of Headaches

Scientific American - Tue 23 May 23

Researchers still hope to discover hundreds of new binary black hole mergers despite technical setbacks that have sidelined key detectors in Italy and Japan

Gravitational-Wave Search Resumes after Three Years and Lots of Headaches, Scientific American - Tue 23 May 23

Six Gravitational-Wave Breakthroughs Scientists Can't Wait to See

Scientific American - Mon 22 May 23

After years of downtime for upgrades, the world’s premier gravitational-wave observatories are coming back online with big hopes for transformative discoveries

Violent origins of gravitational waves probed by new telescope array

SPACE.com - Wed 17 May 23

The new BlackGEM array will hunt for black hole mergers and neutron star collisions, cataclysmic events that generate ripples in space-time known as gravitational ...

Stunning Mosaic Of Baby Star Clusters Created From 1 Million Telescope Shots

HuffPost - Fri 12 May 23

Scientists pieced together the images taken over five years by the European Southern Observatory in Chile.

1 million cosmic baby pictures form a vast star atlas for astronomers

SPACE.com - Thu 11 May 23

The secrets of star formation are slowly coming to light in a huge new star atlas generated by astronomers, based on images of stellar nurseries. ...

See The Jaw-Dropping New 520 Megapixel Images Of Stars Being Born

Forbes - Thu 11 May 23

A million images taken over five years using a new infrared telescope have been mosaiced to create stunning deep images of five nearby stellar nurseries.

Gravitational Wave Detector LIGO Is Finally Back Online With Exciting Upgrades to Make It Way More Sensitive

SingularityHub - Sun 28 May 23

After a three-year hiatus, scientists in the US have just turned on detectors capable of measuring gravitational waves—tiny ripples in space itself that travel through the universe. Unlike ...

Upgraded LIGO With Higher Sensitivity to Gravitational Waves Is Now Fully Operational to Observe Gigantic Black Hole Collisions

The Science Times - Fri 26 May 23

Hunt For Gravitational Waves Is Back On After 3 Years – What Are We Hoping To Find?, IFLScience - Wed 24 May 23
Suspected Real-Time Gravitational Wave Detection Of A Black Hole Eating A Neutron Star, IFLScience - Fri 19 May 23
Mosaic Of 1 Million Images Creates Incredible Atlas Of Birthplace Of Stars, IFLScience - Thu 11 May 23
From small to large: study of gravitational waves using scattering amplitudes of subatomic particles, Mirage News - Fri 26 May 23
Gravitational-Wave Detectors Begin New Observing Run, Mirage News - Thu 25 May 23
LIGO Ready to Explore Secrets of Universe, Mirage News - Wed 24 May 23
Lab Creates Element, Deepening Understanding of Surface Explosions on Neutron Stars, Mirage News - Tue 23 May 23
Prominent Observatory Awarded $53M Upgrade by Dunkley, Staggs and Colleagues, Mirage News - Thu 18 May 23
Strange Heart Found in Massive Neutron Star, Mirage News - Thu 18 May 23
BlackGEM Telescopes Commence Search for Gravitational-Wave Sources, Mirage News - Tue 16 May 23
ESO Telescope Uncovers Hidden Views of Stellar Nurseries, Mirage News - Thu 11 May 23