Massive objects bend light around them, a quirk that opens up unique opportunities for astronomical surveys.
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Some stars turn into black holes at the end of their lifespans, once they stop burning the fuel in their cores.
A speech-language pathologist on how complex swallowing is – and how small changes from gravity can complicate the process.
As lunar missions are back in vogue with engineering more sustainable human presence on the Moon in mind, there’s no getting away from the fact that you can’t breathe on a satellite that has no atmosphere.
Quantum computers are still a work in progress but quantum sensors are already in use at hospitals, laboratories and by defense contractors.
Understanding what happens to Antarctica’s ice matters, because as it melts, sea levels rise, affecting lives and economies around the world.
Would you guess that the Earth is spinning at 1,000 mph around its axis and at the same time hurtling through space on its orbit around the Sun at 67,000 mph? Here’s why you don’t feel all that motion.
The Moon influences ocean tides – and ocean tides, in some ways, influence the Moon back.
A decade after the first discovery, scientists have used these waves to find a unique merger, a massive binary system and a crystal-clear gravitational wave signal.
Modern science emerged precisely to deal with the way everything can be manipulated – and scepticism over ‘facts’ goes all the way back to Socrates.
Suppose the law of gravity is simply a byproduct of the universe operating under a computer-like code.
Cells function differently under low gravity conditions. Rather than send lab samples to space, researchers are developing Earth-bound tools to more easily study microgravity’s effects on biology.
A rocket needs to overcome the force of gravity to leave Earth behind.
A new study on exploding stars has provided the first evidence for an alternative model of the universe, known as Timescape.
It’s all about perspective: The higher you go, the more you can see the curve.
We may be on the cusp of finally breaking the standard model of cosmology.
‘Precision health’ uses technologies and artificial intelligence which can lead to individual health and sports performance improvements.
It’s not a competition, but if it were, Saturn would be winning.
Water is very heavy – and it can move. Until now, changes to water on land have actually offset much of the rising sea level from ice melt. How? Gravity
Recent research shows the main alternative theory to dark matter, Milgromian dynamics, is failing.
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Emeritus Professor, ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery, OzGrav, The University of Western Australia
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Astrophysics, University of Portsmouth
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Reader in Astrophysics, Keele University
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Professor of Gravitational Astrophysics and Cosmology, University of Glasgow
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Professor of Physics, Simon Fraser University
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Academic Faculty in Physics & Astronomy, Georgia State University
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Associate Dean of Innovation and Engagement, Swinburne University of Technology
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South African Research Chair in Physical Cosmology, Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, University of Cape Town
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Space Plasma Physicist, Imperial College London
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Ph.D. Candidate in Public Policy, RAND School of Public Policy
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