Scientists propose a new method to search for dark matter using LIGO
A new study published in Physical Review Letters (PRL) proposes using gravitational wave detectors like LIGO to search for ...
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Dark matter detection closer as LIGO’s potential boosted 10,000 times
Scientists propose a new approach to detect scalar field dark matter using LIGO, the gravitational wave observatory.
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Animation Of Black Hole Merger Emitting Gravitational Waves
This black hole merger animation was created using data collected by the LIGO and Virgo gravitational wave detectors, an observation designated GW190412. Credits: © N. Fischer, H. Pfeiffer, A.
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We’ve just doubled the number of gravitational waves we can find
Nearly imperceptible quantum flickers used to limit how precisely we could detect the way space-time ripples, but squeezing ...
Future gravitational wave observatories could see the earliest black hole mergers in the universe
In February 2016, scientists at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) confirmed they made the first-ever detection of gravitational waves (GWs). These events occur when ...
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Groundbreaking Use of Gravitational Wave Detectors to Tackle Major Physics and Astronomy Mystery
The researchers, who were looking for a specific ultra-low-mass form of dark matter, reached a factor 10,000 improvement over previous world-leading results using Laser Interferometer ...
Researchers propose way to "see" gravity for the first time
The leading idea is that gravity arises from the exchange of hypothetical "graviton" particles, much like electromagnetism ...
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Einstein predicted the “footprint” of alien’s spaceships: They’ve found it, and it’s not what we expected
Groundbreaking discoveries predicted in gravitational waves could reveal extraterrestrial warp drives traveling through the ...
A New Theory Says the Universe Is Rebooting Itself
A theory known as non-singular matter bouncing cosmology suggests that the universe “bounces” between a hot big bang era and ...
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I built a physics museum in my classroom
Inspired by CERN’s international teacher programme and visits to other major labs, Joe Muise has found a powerful way to ...
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A long-hidden small black hole discovered in an unusually evolved binary system
Over the past six decades, scientists have discovered two dozen stellar-mass black holes using X-ray methods. These black ...