Albert Einstein’s name has become shorthand for genius in theoretical physics. We tend to picture him scribbling equations ...

When two massive black holes slammed into each other earlier this year, astronomers were able to observe it in the clearest ...

The largest survey of our universe ever conducted suggests that it closely matches the model most favored by cosmologists. It ...

A fresh black hole merger detection has offered the clearest evidence yet for Einstein’s relativity and Hawking’s predictions ...

New observations of two black holes merging have confirmed predictions made decades ago by Albert Einstein, Stephen Hawking, ...

Two black holes collided 1.3 billion light years from Earth, creating a 'ringing,' which in turn allowed astrophysicists to test some theories. And it turns out, they were all correct.

Spacetime ripples from a black hole collision across the cosmos have confirmed weird aspects of black hole physics ...

A fresh black hole merger detection has offered the clearest evidence yet for Einstein’s relativity and Hawking’s predictions. Scientists tracked the complete cosmic collision, confirming that black ...

Ten years after the first gravitational wave detection, a new suite of instruments has captured distinctive ringing signals ...

Scientists propose that gravitational waves shaped the universe. Their model challenges inflation theory. How exactly did the ...

Staff writer for the Prospect Amanda Hugas recaps “The Big O,” an event that works to dispel myths regarding sex education ...