Scientists have captured the clearest signal yet of a black hole collision, confirming Stephen Hawking's theory.

Scientists detect the strongest gravitational wave ever, supporting Einstein’s relativity and Hawking’s black hole area law ...

LIGO observatory near Richland confirmed Einstein’s theory of relativity, it also has proven one of Hawking’s theorems.

Everything we thought we knew about the moon's origins may be wrong, new research suggests. Ever since we landed the first humans on the moon, scientists have thought that our lone lunar companion ...

Gravitational waves shake the very fabric of the universe when black holes collide. Today we measure these events and use them to understand the cosmos. Now University of Copenhagen researchers and ...

Ten years ago, astronomers made history when they first detected ripples in spacetime, called gravitational waves, from the ...

Astrophysicists have witnessed a collision between two black holes that was so loud, they were able to use it to test — and ...

Two black holes collided 1.3 billion light years from Earth, creating a 'ringing,' which in turn allowed astrophysicists to ...

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

After detection, there's a small window of time within which follow-up, light-based astronomy observations can be made. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission ...

Scientists: Model shows how collision could have caused distinct lunar features. Aug. 4, 2011 — -- "Goodnight Moons"? "The cow jumped over the moons"? If a new theory published in Wednesday's ...