A new theory promises to simplify our approach to the universe's earliest moments, but some cosmologists say further ...

As I start this blog radar is lit up with locally heavy rains and there’s been flooding towards north central MO from overnight storms and rain…some areas well over 5″ there.

Scientists are using pulsars to detect the gravitational wave 'hum' created from supermassive black hole mergers. Credit: ...

A collision observed between two black holes, each more massive than a hundred suns, is the largest merger of its kind ever recorded, according to new research.

Scientists say the two black holes merged after colliding at speeds near the limit allowed by Albert Einstein’s theory of ...

The largest black hole collision ever recorded has scientists' jaws on the floor — and scratching their heads.

The future of at least one of the U.S. LIGO observatories is in jeopardy as deep cuts to science programs are proposed by the Trump administration.

L ast month, work began on the world’s first space-based gravitational wave detector. The European Space Agency and partner ...

Gravitational wave detectors have "heard" the ripples in space caused by the most massive black hole merger yet. One ...

In a Q&A, astrophysicist Chiara Mingarelli explains how black hole mergers and quasars are helping lay the groundwork for detecting a network of gravitational waves.