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Planets With Two Suns Sound Perfect: So Why Does Space Keep Destroying Them?Planets orbiting two suns are rare. Scientists now understand why. Subtle gravitational forces, amplified by Einstein's relativity, destabi...- What Happens to Time at the Edge of a Black Hole?Near black holes, gravity warps spacetime, causing time to slow dramatically for distant observers. An object falling in appears to freeze ...
- Scientists may have solved 50-year mystery of the ‘Eye of Sauron,’ a galaxy billions of light-years away that seemed too slow to shine so brightFor over fifty years, the blazar PKS 1424+240 puzzled astronomers. Now, a fifteen-year study reveals its secrets. Researchers at the Max Pl...
- To innovate, we need people who think differently: Dr Frederick J Raab, LIGO LaboratoryWe expect to complete construction of the observatory infrastructure in the early part of the next decade and to be observing by the middle...
- Is the Nobel for discovery of gravitational waves premature? (Comment: Special to IANS)On October 3, 2017, the Nobel Prize for Physics was awarded to three American physicists "for decisive contribution to Laser Interferometry...
- Gravitational waves: It’s like a new world opening up for us, says Indian scientist Varun BhaleraoVarun’s part in the entire discovery has been to look after the optical waves associated with gravitational waves in an emission.
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