Could gravitational waves reveal how fast our universe is expanding? | MIT News
Signals from rare black hole-neutron star pairs could pinpoint rate at which universe is growing, researchers say.
July 12, 2018 • ~9 min
Dense stellar clusters may foster black hole megamergers | MIT News
Black holes in these environments could combine repeatedly to form objects bigger than anything a single star could produce.
April 10, 2018 • ~9 min
Center for Theoretical Physics celebrates 50 years | MIT News
Symposium explores how novel ideas and experiments are advancing many areas of theoretical physics in newly interconnected ways.
March 28, 2018 • ~12 min
Scientists detect radio echoes of a black hole feeding on a star | MIT News
Signals suggest black hole emits a jet of energy proportional to the stellar material it gobbles up.
March 18, 2018 • ~8 min
Modeling the universe | MIT News
MIT's Mark Vogelsberger and an international astrophysics team have created a new model pointing to black holes’ role in galaxy formation.
Jan. 31, 2018 • ~7 min
Scientists observe supermassive black hole in infant universe | MIT News
Findings present a puzzle as to how such a huge object could have grown so quickly.
Dec. 6, 2017 • ~7 min
3Q: Scott Hughes on cosmic distances and the future of gravitational wave astronomy | MIT News
Professor of physics describes our understanding of the expansion of the universe through “standard sirens.”
Oct. 16, 2017 • ~9 min
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