With a quantum “squeeze,” clocks could keep even more precise time, MIT researchers propose

More stable clocks could measure quantum phenomena, including the presence of dark matter.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News • mit
Nov. 30, 2023 ~8 min

LIGO surpasses the quantum limit

Researchers achieve a landmark in quantum squeezing.

Whitney Clavin • mit
Oct. 23, 2023 ~16 min


Study: Without more data, a black hole’s origins can be “spun” in any direction

Current measurements of black holes are not enough to nail down how the invisible giants form in the universe, researchers say.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
Dec. 9, 2022 ~7 min

MIT researchers use quantum computing to observe entanglement

Researchers at the Center for Theoretical Physics lead work on testing quantum gravity on a quantum processor.

Julia C. Keller | School of Science • mit
Dec. 1, 2022 ~7 min

Neutron star collisions are a “goldmine” of heavy elements, study finds

Mergers between two neutron stars have produced more heavy elements in last 2.5 billion years than mergers between neutron stars and black holes.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
Oct. 25, 2021 ~7 min

Physicists observationally confirm Hawking’s black hole theorem for the first time

Study offers evidence, based on gravitational waves, to show that the total area of a black hole’s event horizon can never decrease.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
July 1, 2021 ~7 min

LIGO and Virgo detect rare mergers of black holes with neutron stars for the first time

Gravitatational-wave signals suggest black holes completely devoured their companion neutron stars.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
June 29, 2021 ~7 min

Physicists bring human-scale object to near standstill, reaching a quantum state

The results open possibilities for studying gravity’s effects on relatively large objects in quantum states.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
June 18, 2021 ~8 min


Fast-spinning black holes narrow the search for dark matter particles

Certain ultralight bosons would be expected to put the brakes on black holes, but new results show no such slowdown.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
April 14, 2021 ~7 min

A technique to sift out the universe’s first gravitational waves

Identifying primordial ripples would be key to understanding the conditions of the early universe.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
Dec. 9, 2020 ~8 min

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